Archive for August 31st, 2010

Smokers Girls at Doubled Risk for Stroke

If you are a young woman smoker, be prepared to face a terrible threat to health. You will be shadowed by the doubled risk of death from stroke.

As reported the journal Stroke, published American Heart Association, young women addicted to cigarettes at risk doubled for suffer a stroke more than those who do not smoke. Even in women who were categorized as heavy addict, stroke risk jumped higher.

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine reveal such indications after doing research on stroke risk among female smokers aged 15 to 49 years.

Research shows smokers women had 2.6 times tend to suffer a stroke than non-smokers. According to lead researcher, Dr. John Cole, a woman with cigarette consumption at most threats facing the highest risk of experiencing an attack that can cause paralysis and death.