One Disease, Two Effects: Stroke

Released July 16, 2009 - When the brain is deprived of blood and oxygen, brain cells die and long-term brain damage results. It is an illness that affects male and female brains differently although scientists are not sure why. Dr. Patricia Hurn, a renowned expert in stroke and sex differences, discusses the current state of gender research and stroke at a scientific conference sponsored by the American Physiological Society.