Researchers have found that there are 10 common conditions that could be warning signs for a stroke. While not all factors can be cured or prevented, researchers believe that knowing about them and monitoring them could prevent nine out of 10 strokes. “To estimate each risk factor’s effect on stroke risk, study authors calculated each one’s population attributable risk (PAR), a measurement used to determine how eliminating an individual risk factor could impact an overall disease burden. Study authors found that the PAR was about 48 percent for hypertension— making it the biggest risk factor for stroke— about 36 percent for physical inactivity, about 23 percent for poor diet, 19 percent for obesity, 12 percent for smoking, 9 percent for heart causes, 4 percent for diabetes, 6 percent for alcohol intake, 6 percent for stress, and 27 percent for lipids.” If you have any of these health issues, you may want to talk to your doctor about stroke risk to ensure you are taking any proper precautions.