Birth control pills, salon haircuts can raise stroke risk
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Though 100,000 women, middle-aged and younger, will have a stroke this year, some doctors -- and far too many women -- still think of strokes as an affliction of the elderly or of men.
The truth is, a woman between the ages of 45 and 54 is more than twice as likely as a man to have a stroke, according to recent research from the University of California, Los Angeles. What's more, even though the most common cause is high blood pressure, women are disproportionately affected by some surprising and far-less-well-known causes: chiropractic neck adjustments, pregnancy, oral contraceptives -- even getting a salon hair wash, or riding a roller coaster.
"You can't go through life avoiding everything that carries the slightest risk, but strokes are extremely serious," says Shirley Otis, M.D., a neurologist at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California. "It's important to be aware of what may be dangerous."
The truth is, a woman between the ages of 45 and 54 is more than twice as likely as a man to have a stroke, according to recent research from the University of California, Los Angeles. What's more, even though the most common cause is high blood pressure, women are disproportionately affected by some surprising and far-less-well-known causes: chiropractic neck adjustments, pregnancy, oral contraceptives -- even getting a salon hair wash, or riding a roller coaster.
"You can't go through life avoiding everything that carries the slightest risk, but strokes are extremely serious," says Shirley Otis, M.D., a neurologist at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California. "It's important to be aware of what may be dangerous."
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