Women are at greater risk of stroke, the more miscarriages or stillbirths they've had

  • Written by: Gita Mishra, Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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New research shows women who have had a miscarriage or stillbirth, have an increased risk of stroke – when blood can’t get to the brain, because of a blocked or burst artery. That risk increases with each miscarriage or stillbirth.

Trying to establish this link is difficult because it requires following a large number of...

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