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As Stroke Awareness Month draws to a close, Mercy Health is educating the community about the disproportionate impact of stroke on women and the specific factors that influence prevention, recognition ...

MORNING’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO. WHETHER OR NOT MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH, AND IT TURNS OUT WOMEN MAY BE MORE AT RISK THAN MEN. DOCTOR DON KIRSHNER FROM MERCY MEDICAL ...

Women with acute stroke are less likely than men to be identified as stroke suspects by emergency medical services, though further research is needed to understand the underlying causes of sex ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. It places a huge burden on families, health systems and societies. Increasingly, strokes are not just occurring in older adults. They are ...

As we end Stroke Awareness Month, doctors are encouraging women to pay careful attention to stroke symptoms. Anyone at any age can get a stroke, and women have risk factors that may look a little ...

HELSINKI, Finland—The more recreational activity postmenopausal women can do at any level, the lower their likelihood of stroke, data from the Women’s Health Initiative indicate. Each standard ...