Stressed-Out More Likely to Have Fatal Stroke
(NY, Reuters Health, 3/13/03)

Dr. Thomas Truelsen of the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen and colleagues tracked more than 12,000 adults for an average of 13 years. Subjects who reported feeling "highly stressed" at the onset of the research, were 89% more likely to have a stroke during the course of the study than those who had claimed to rarely or never feel stress. Since people who feel stressed may tend to use smoking, alcohol or other unhealthy habits as stress-relievers, further research will be necessary to determine the degree to which the actual stress, not the associated unhealthy lifestyle, increases the risk of stroke