<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d70f2a1d-fc00-4031-a4f1-c93e3eb977fd/EA7B07FD-1DB3-4515-A9CE-7287F056C371/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke-risk" href="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke-risk" style="font-size: 11px;">www.caring.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke-risk"><H1 class="entry-title"> <IMG src="http://assets3.caring.com/images/spacer.gif?6ef494b" id="primary-icon" alt=" " /> Heart Health Alert: Higher Stroke Risk for Women With Atrial Fibrillation </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke-risk"><P class="first">Women with atrial fibrillation are significantly more likely to have a stroke or die than are men with the same condition, announced researchers at <A href="http://www.rush.edu/webapps/MEDREL/servlet/NewsRelease?id=1279">Rush University Medical Center</A> after conducting a review of data from all the available studies. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke-risk"><P>Yet, despite the fact that they're more likely to have strokes, women with atrial fibrillation are less likely than men to receive medical attention. Talk about a double whammy. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke-risk"><P>Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common heart conditions in older adults, affecting 22 million people. It occurs when the two small upper chambers of the heart, called the atria, quiver rather than beat effectively, which causes blood to pool and clot. The clots can then cause strokes if they travel to an artery in the brain. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EA7B07FD-1DB3-4515-A9CE-7287F056C371/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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