Stroke
Findings from Bispebjerg Hospital advance knowledge in stroke
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 25th, 2010
"Several studies have indicated an association between depression and the development of stroke, but few studies have focused on gender differences, although both depression and stroke are more common in women than in men. The aim of the present study was to describe whether vital exhaustion, a measure of fatigue and depression, prospectively predicts ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in a large cohort, with particular focus on gender differences," researchers in Copenhagen, Denmark report.
"The cohort was composed of 5219 women and 3967 men without cardiovascular disease who were examined in the Copenhagen City Heart Study in 1991-1994. were followed for 6-9 years....
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