In the May 2013 edition of American Nurse Today, Kathleen Ennen an assistant professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington wrote about strokes and their impact on women. In recent studies, from the years 1999 to 2004, women aged between forty five and fifty four were more likely to have a stroke rather than men. Women who have had a stroke have increased their chances of a disability, such as dementia, and have a higher chance of depression after their stroke. As most women who have strokes that occur after menopause, researchers and doctors are wondering if hormone status or aging plays a role. Also, there have been incidents where women who are pregnant or during the first six weeks after childbirth who have high risks
