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The third leading cause of death in women is a stroke. Yet few women realize there are gender-specific signs of a stroke putting them in a unique situation for certain risk factors. Having a stroke is not always a clearly recognizable event. For women, it can even be more difficult to diagnosis and to realize what is going on before it’s too late.
Read MoreResearchers found a statistically significant link between between stroke risk and early menarche, but not between stroke mortality and menarche.
Read MoreStrokes affect both men and women. However, women are more negatively impacted as stroke is the third cause of death in women, compared to the fifth leading cause of death in men. Every year, about 55,000 more women have a stroke than men. Among the more than 137,000 Americans who die from stroke each year, about 60 percent of them women. This year, it is estimated that more than 100,000 women in the U.S. under age 65 will have a stroke.
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