SURVEY FINDS THAT MOST WOMEN DON’T KNOW FEMALE-SPECIFIC SIGNS, SYMPTOMS OF STROKE A national survey of 1000 women, done at Ohio State University, showed that only 11% could correctly identify female-specific early warning signs of stroke. These include: pregnancy, oral contraception, lupus, migraine headache, dizziness, and hiccups associated with atypical chest pain. Women also were […]
brain, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, stroke
Estimates of benefits and harms of prophylactic use of aspirin in the general population In this fascinating study of available data in the Annals of Oncology journal, it was found that 10 years of regular low dose aspirin use was associated with a 7% reduction in the risk of cancer, MI, and stroke among women, […]
Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, medication, prevention, stroke
The Society for Women’s Health Research Applauds New Guidelines on Preventing Stroke in Women Nation’s Leader in Women’s Health Encourages Greater Focus on the Different Risk Factors for Each Gender Washington, D.C. – The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is the leading voice on research into the biological differences between women and men. SWHR […]
AHA, Cardiology, CVD, heart, stroke, SWHR
Women Still Need More Aggressive Treatment for Stroke For the first time, researchers have identified significant sex differences in the mechanisms influencing high blood pressure that indicate a need for earlier and more aggressive treatment for hypertension in women., according to a study published in Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease. These finding challenge the standard […]
Cardiology, hypertension, stroke