Urban-dwelling millennials are having strokes at alarming rates

A new Scientific American analysis of stroke trends reveals that millennials are having more strokes than ever before — and that risk factors include living in large cities in the Midwest and on the west coast.
Along with higher risk factors based on living in West and Midwestern urban centers (rather than rural areas), the analysis also found that strokes in millennial women spiked 32 percent between 2003 and 2012, and 15 percent in men of the same age group.

Urban-dwelling millennials are having strokes at alarming rates -- and scientists can't figure out why