U.S. Black women have a disproportionately higher burden of both preeclamptic pregnancy and stroke compared with white women, but virtually all existing evidence on the association between the two medical conditions has come from studies of white women. A newly published study focuses on data gathered over 25 years from 59,000 Black women in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS) and is led by researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Slone Epidemiology Center.

https://www.miragenews.com/research-finds-higher-stroke-risk-in-black-1042155/

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