MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND FREDERICK COUNTY. WELL, MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH AND IS 11 NEWS ANCHOR LACEE GRIFFITH EXPLAINS. THOUSANDS SUFFER A STROKE EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S. A WOMEN ARE AT MORE OF A RISK FOR STROKE THAN MEN. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR DON KIRSHNER SAYS THE OLDER YOU ARE, THE MORE LIKELY CHANCE YOU COULD HAVE A STROKE. SHE SAYS HORMONES MAY BE PART OF THE REASON WOMEN ARE AT A HIGHER RISK, AND STROKES ARE PREVENTABLE. SO YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR RISK FACTORS. THE MORE COMMON RISK FACTORS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, DIABETES, OBESITY, SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE. BUT WE맥스카지노�VE COME TO LEARN THAT THERE ARE MORE NOVEL RISK FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUNGER WOMEN EVEN MORE THAN OLDER WOMEN. MIGRAINES, PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE, AND ENDOMETRIOSIS. SO IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THESE WOMEN AT A YOUNGER AGE, WORK ON THE RISK FACTORS. YOU CAN PREVENT A STROKE AT A LATER AGE. AND DOCTOR KIRSHNER SAYS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU맥스카지노�RE LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BY BOTH BEING ACTIVE AND OF COURSE, EATING A MAIN