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Diet, do you smoke, do you drink. alcohol can contribute, smoking a risk factor. if you have diabetes, any underlying blood vessel disease. there's a small genetic component that is a part of it. we don't know his family history, obviously hippa violations. but he could have been born with a genetic defense in his heart making it a higher risk of stroke and stronger complications. >> what about the rest of us? what are we looking for for stroke symptoms and so forth? maybe smaller strokes. what are we looking for? >> a great question, trace. 150,000 people die every year from a stroke. so it's...

Be able to show somebody what was happening. because i knew this wasn't stress. you know, having been to emergency, i was so shocked that a doctor dismissed it as stress. and yet everything that i can recall from public service announcements and things that i've seen on tv, i knew they were stroke symptoms. >> good for you. i mean, elizabeth cohen, you talk all of the time about being an empowered patient. i have you as my voice in my head so she followed her gut. she knew it, and tends up it was suffering tias. what is that? >> that is a transient ischemic attack, and it's in layman's terms, ...

Shep medevac out of there.ding y held a press briefing 3:15 this afternoon. they revealed that a female passenger had to be medevaced, taken to a hospital with stroke symptoms. we do not know what her condition is. she is off the ship right now. i understand from talking to a man. that a couple people may have fallen down and suffered broken bones. one a broken bone and -- broken arm and one a broken leg. >> shepard: thank you. lawmakers say the creation of the world's largest airline could end up costing passengers more. oh really? today congress reacted to news that american airlines and u.s...