HEALTH ISSUE: New York Study The Against Stroke

Stress and stroke are not linked: Study

New York: The study, published in the journal Stroke, looked at the relationship between stressful life events and the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage, where a ruptured blood vessel causes bleeding into the space surrounding the brain.

          It's estimated that up to half of cases are fatal. It's common for people to attribute a sudden medical problem like stroke t stress, noted senior researcher Dr Craig S Anderson, of the George Institute of International Health and the University of Sydney in Australia.

          Overall, the study found, most forms of stressful life events showed no relationship with the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, the researchers report, when they accounted for factors like high blood  pressure, smoking and drinking, the links between those two stressors and subarachnoid hemorrhage were only "marginally" signnificant.