Pregnancy and stroke

For the women out there, be careful.
http://www.letsgosc.org/2011/11/pregnancy-and-stroke/

The chance that a woman would have a stroke while she is pregnant is very small, but a study finds it’s changing. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Elena Kuklina looked at hospitalizations between 1994 and 2007:

“The rate of stroke is rising in pregnant women and in women who have just given birth.’’

Kuklina says the rate went up by about 50 percent in all pregnancy-related strokes, to about 3,000 a year by 2007.

Kuklina says people can reduce their risk of stroke by not smoking; eating a low-fat, low-sodium, high-fiber diet; being physically active – and controlling weight, even before pregnancy.

The study was in the journal Stroke.