HAVE YOU FELT DIZZY RECENTLY? Or had what you might call a ‘funny turn’? If your episode was in fact a mini stroke – or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) – and you dismissed it at the time, you may be putting yourself at risk of a full-blown stroke in the future. Health charities the Stroke Association and the British Heart Foundation, along with other medical bodies, are keen to raise awareness that it’s dangerous to ignore a mini-stroke. The experience of TV political journalist Andrew Marr, who had two suspected mini strokes in 2012, is a cautionary tale.