Stroke Risk in Women Lowered by Walking?

A new study out of Texas has shown that women who regularly take a brisk walk are less likely to have a stroke compared with their less active counterparts. The study focused specifically on the kinds of exercise beneficial to women.

Lead author Jacob Sattelmair said: "This certainly speaks to walking for a certain amount of time and walking briskly as well." 39,000 women aged over the age of 45 were studied for the research.

Those women who did walk briskly had a 37% lower risk of having a stroke than their non-walking fellow women. It has been known for some time that exercise can help fight off stroke, but this is the first that focused on type of exercise and women.

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