From The New York Times:

New guidelines for preventing strokes spell out for the first time the risks faced by women, noting that pre-term births and conditions like endometriosis and early menopause can raise the risk.

“Prior guidelines tended to be sex-agnostic,” said Dr. Brian Snelling, director of the stroke program at Baptist Health South Florida Marcus Neuroscience Institute, who was not involved in writing the guidelines.

“Now we have more data about sex-specific subgroups, so you’re able to more appropriately screen those patients.”

The focus of the recommendations by the American Stroke Association, published Monday in the journal Stroke, is primary prevention -- the effort to prevent strokes in individuals who hae never had one. It represents the first such update in a decade, and it’s the playbook by which millions of Americans will be cared for.