Strokes among middle-aged women triple By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer

NEW ORLEANS - Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic. Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994...Read More...

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