Cancer research has had strong support from disease specific charity organizations, non-disease specific funding bodies and the pharmaceutical industry but stroke, another common (but not as common as cancer) disease affecting elderly people, has received less support for research due to the lower mortality rate of the disease (Rothwell 1612). ... Intel Corporation, well known for its world famous Pentium processor, has started a Proactive Health Strategic Research Project (PHSRP), in the hope to find new technologies that "can support behaviors that help prevent disease, foster independen...

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