East Lansing teen looks to regain star form after suffering stroke

“Life took a sudden and scary turn in August for East Lansing high school star athlete Ariyana James-Benson. The basketball and track & field star suffered a stroke during a regular workout just two days before the start of her senior year…Ari, as her friends and family call her, also had blood clots in her lungs and required emergency brain surgery. Doctors said the incident was caused by COVID-19 complications.”

Life took a sudden and scary turn in August for East Lansing high school star athlete Ariyana James-Benson. The basketball and track & field star suffered a stroke during a regular workout just two days before the start of her senior year.

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·wilx.com·Nov 20, 2024

East Lansing teen looks to regain star form after suffering stroke

Yes, COVID does increase stroke risk, researchers find | BenefitsPRO

COVID increases the risk of having an ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by a blood vessel blockage, by 76%.

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·benefitspro.com·Oct 26, 2024

Yes, COVID does increase stroke risk, researchers find | BenefitsPRO

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Detailed thread with links to articles and studies: 1/ A fresh, running thread on COVID’s well-documented cardiovascular harms for anyone who needs links when discussing the rise in heart failure and strokes among younger and middle-aged people since 2020:

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·twitter.com·Jun 16, 2023

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