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Women and Stroke

Posted: Sept. 1, 2006

Twice as many women die of stroke than breast cancer every year.

Despite this startling statistic, women are more worried about their risk of getting breast cancer than their stroke risk. What's more, women think stroke is a men's disease. But the truth is more women than men will die from stroke.

The good news is that 80% of strokes are preventable.

Source: National Stroke Association

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