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Frankly it's unbelievable to watch, but the fact that she had presence of mind to do this is really something that we should all pay attention to. >> thank god for the cell phone camera, there's evidence, irrefutable. there's one thing that is fascinating. there's an app called f.a.s.t. through the american heart association, fast, f, facial droop, a, arm weakness, s, slurring of speech and t, time to call 911 and that's the through the american heart association, for stroke. downloadable app can you put on your phone that sends you directly to 911 so takeaway message, empower yourself. get th...

Hormonal changes whether it's birth control or smoking or all these other risks that can change that, stress can do this. depression can do this. those are the changes that can cause this. what i want you folks to know, if somebody is having a stroke right in front of you, you need to know about this. arm weakness and slurred speech at times. it's brain loss. >> the ability to go to the hospital and get not anecdotes for stroke, but time matters. what about hormone replacement therapy? should we reconsider women of a certain age to do that because if you change the structure you can put yourse...

Changes, whether it is birth control pills or stress can do this, depression can do this, a migraine. there are changes that can cause you. if somebody is having a stroke right in front of you, you need to know about arm weakness, blurry speech and time. >> and this ups your possibility of going to the hospital, but what about hormone replacement therapy? thank you, doctor, should we reconsider women of a certain age to do that because that can put you more at risk or less? >> dr. colby, i think that's why there's an increased risk of

That's is that one who's had a mini stroke is ten times more likely to go on and have a full-on stroke. so that's pretty serious. i mean, people who have had mini strokes need to know that they need to really be wary about this. >> what can someone do? especially when you could be in the middle of it. what does it feel like? what are the signs? >> there are certain signs you should look for. it's important for all of us to know this. you never know what you're going to be with someone who may have a mini stroke or a stroke. these are the signs from the american stroke association. face droopin...

She really wasn't sure why. that was the sense that captain kelly sort of left me with in terms of what her mental state is now. she was able to dangle her feet over the side of the bed and able to move both her right and her left leg. it's a little unclear just how well she is moving her right arm. that's one of the big areas of concern that captain kelly talked about along with his doctors. might she have some right arm weakness? might she have some difficulties with her speech? it was also what i talked to dr. lemole about, chief of surgery, the one who operated on her. he gave me some insi...