Medicine's Sanjay Rajagopalan explains how estrogen can cause strokes

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Daily Mail: Sanjay Rajagopalan, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the School of Medicine, explained how estrogen has been shown to stimulate the liver to produce higher levels of clotting proteins and may hinder the body's ability to naturally break down clots. "Hormonal contraceptives are an important consideration [for stroke risk]," Rajagopalan said.