Reducing anger helps avoid a stroke, new study finds

Co-authors of the InterStroke study Consultant Stroke Physician at GUH Dr Michelle Canavan and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at NUI Galway Andrew Smyth in the Clinical Research Facility.

Reducing anger or emotional upset could help some people avoid strokes as a global study finds one in 11 survivors experienced these emotions shortly before having a stroke.

The study, involving stroke survivors from 32 countries including Ireland and co-led by NUI Galway, also found one in 20 engaged in heavy physical exertion in the hour before their stroke.