In the past few decades, breakthroughs in stroke treatment and rehabilitation have profoundly changed our health systems, resulting in better outcomes for patients. Featuring two stroke experts and a personal story, this episode explores what you might not know about stroke including the signs, the different types, the risk factors, how it is being treated and how outcomes are different depending on a multitude of reasons—one of the most critical being if the patient is a woman. Caroline hears from two experts Dr. Patrice Lindsay, Director of Health Systems for Heart & Stroke, and Dr. Thalia Field, a stroke neurologist and researcher specializing in cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), to explore some of the recent developments in stroke treatment including new drugs and procedures, changes to emergency services, and how patients are treated in the weeks following their stroke. Listeners will also hear from Jennifer Monaghan, a woman who experienced an unexpected stroke in her 40s and has since recovered.