According to researchers, people over 65 have a bigger risk of having a stroke if … their parents separated when they were children. In question? The stress that a divorce or separation can cause a child.
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“From a organic point of view, the fact that parents separated during childhood could lead to high and lasting levels of stress hormone”explains the Pre Esme Fuller-Thomson, of the University of Toronto, as reported Top health. “Living this during childhood could have lasting effects on brain development and the ability to react to stress.”
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-The study specifies that the link between parents’ divorce during childhood and the risk of stroke is of the same magnitude as for diabetes and depression. However, these two factors are particularly known to have a link with the stroke.
“Our study indicates that even after having taken into account most of the risk factors known to stroke (notably smoking, physical inactivity, diabetes, depression and low social support), people whose parents had divorced had always 61 % additional risks to have a stroke “specify the researchers of the study.
