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Overview: In the United States, more than 200,000 people under the age of 45 have suffered a stroke. While rare, these strokes can have a devastating effect on someone's life, leaving them with difficulties with speech, vision, balance and thinking. But University of Maryland researchers have found that smoking can greatly influence the risk of stroke in younger women.
In this Medically Speaking podcast, Dr. John Cole, an associate professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses his research that found a dose-relationship between smoking and stroke in younger women. This means the more these women smoked, the greater their risk of ischemic stroke, which is a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain. Dr. Cole explains how smoking affects the body, particularly the blood stream and increases the risk for stroke.
In this interview with Sharon Boston, Dr. Cole also discusses the University of Maryland’s continuing research into stroke and younger people. Dr. Cole is also a stroke specialist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and a clinical research scientist at the Baltimore VA Medical Center.
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