Focus on the Family Daily Broadcast
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April 22, 2008
What You Need to Know About Strokes (Part 2 of 2)

Dr. Steve Spillers and Dr. Mark Hinrichs offer listeners important information about strokes such as risk factors, warning signs, prevention and treatment. (Part 2 of 2)
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Know these warning signs of stroke and teach them to others. - Reducing Risk
Learn more about reducing risk from the American Strok Association.
Guest Biography
Dr. Mark Hinrichs holds several positions at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo.: Chief of Internal Medicine Section, Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Patient Care Unit, Medical Director of Acute Rehabilitation and Medical Director or Internal Medicine. Dr. Hinrichs earned his M.D. at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed residencies at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center and at the University of Missouri. He and his wife, Rhonda, have three daughters.
Dr. Steve Spillers is a neurologist at the Colorado Center for Neuroscience in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is also an assistant clinical professor for the University of Illinois' Department of Neurology. Dr. Spillers earned his M.D. at Oral Roberts University School of Medicine and completed an internship, residency and fellowship at UCLA School of Medicine. He and his wife, Terri, have two children.
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