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.
ASA lists sex-specific conditions like endometriosis and early menopause as risk factors for........