President Eisenhower was astonished. Two fitness scientists, Kraus and Webber, had just shown that American young people were flabby. He decided to change that arond, flew to Colorado, played 27 holes of golf in one day! Ate a couple of big hamburgers meanwhile. And … got a heart attack that shocked and shook the nation. What triggered a coronary heart attack in this vigorous man? And why, later, did he suffer a stroke that grazed the speech center in his brain? Why? Largely PLATELETS, that’s why. Find out why platelets are important and how to avoid them causing damage in the body.