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Women’s IssuesStroke is more common in men than in women. In most age groups, more men than women will have a stroke in a given year. However, more than half of total stroke deaths occur in women.
Regarding menopause, studies have shown that the loss of natural estrogen in a woman’s body may contribute to a higher stroke risk. Several studies have been conducted on the effects of hormone replacement therapy and stroke in women. Currently, researchers are unsure what effect replacement hormones have on a woman’s risk for stroke.
The Healthy Woman: How to Prevent Strokes and Cardiovascular Disease, by Johnny Johnson, MD
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Colorado Neurological
Institute Stroke Center
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Today’s
low dose oral contraceptives carry a much lower risk of heart disease
and stroke than the early Pill did. But women on the Pill who smoke or
have high blood pressure are at higher risk. Taking oral contraceptives
and smoking greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. 
We
invite you to view the following presentation that was given at the 2004
Rocky Mountain Stroke Summit. 
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