Migraine linked to increased stroke risk in women

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Women who have migraines may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2016.
Researchers studied 917 women who were being evaluated for heart disease and found those that had a history of migraines (224 or nearly 25 percent) were at higher risk of a future cardiovascular event – notably stroke.
They also found:

• Compared to those who did not report a history of migraines, women with a history of the headaches had an 83 percent higher risk of a cardiovascular event, including stroke or heart attack, during an average six-year follow-up.
• Women with history of migraine were 2.33 times more likely to suffer a stroke during the study than women who didn’t report migraines.

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• Full bibliographic informationMigraine Headaches and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women With Symptoms and Signs of Ischemic Heart Disease: Results of an Extended follow-up From the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation
  
  Cecil A Rambarat, Islam Y Elgendy, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL; B. Delia Johnson, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Carl J Pepine, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL; C Noel Bairey Merz, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA; Vera A Bittner, Univ of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; Steven E Reis, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Diane V Thompson, Cardiovascular Inst, Pittsburgh, PA; Bina Ahmed, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Ctr, Lebanon, NH
  
  American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2016
  November 12-16 in New Orleans, Louisiana