The relationship between psychological stress and physical illness is becoming ever clearer, with new research revealing that self-perceived psychological stress lasting 1 year or more significantly increases the risk of ischemic stroke. "A novel finding was that the association between stress and stroke risk differed by ischemic stroke subtype: while the association was present in large-vessel disease, small-vessel disease and cryptogenic stroke, it was not observed for cardioembolic stroke," reports... read more
