Women can reduce their stroke risk with midlife lifestyle changes

The results of the National Institutes of Health funded study found while women may be at a greater risk of stroke and stroke-related complications compared to their male counterparts, suggests lifestyle interventions during midlife can pay tangible dividends in reducing long-term stroke risk in aging women.  Even in their 50s, women who made lifestyle modifications reduced their risk by nearly a quarter and ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke, by more than one-third. Read article here…

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