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Elevated Stroke Risk Identified in Women Who Underwent Infertility Treatments

A study published by JAMA Network revealed a direct positive correlation between women who have received infertility treatments and the risk of stroke. This study consisted of 31 million patients who gave birth in a hospital from 2010 to 2018. Of these 287,813 had received infertility treatments. The study found that risk of a hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in the brain) is twice as high in women who received fertility treatments, and the risk of an ischemic stroke (interrupted blood supply to...