New stroke guidelines include risk factors specifically for women

New stroke guidelines include risk factors specifically for women

Stroke guidelines now include risks that are unique to women.

The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, released new stroke prevention guidelines this week for the first time in a decade. The focus of the guidelines is to provide primary prevention — or preventing strokes in those who have never had one — and includes a section on sex- and gender-specific factors contributing to stroke.

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