Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were children or teenagers, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 22 in the journal PLOS One. The level of added risk is on par with that posed by two other well-established risk factors for stroke, diabetes and depression, researchers said.

A recent research published PLOS One journal has uncovered a troubling connection between parental divorce and an increased risk of a heart stroke in their children later in life. The study reveals that children who experience parental separation have 60 per cent higher odds of suffering a stroke compared to those who grew up in intact families.

Adults over 65 with divorced parents had a higher risk of stroke than adults whose parents remained married, a new study shows.

People whose parents divorced during their childhood may be at a greater risk of stroke later in life, according to a new study published January 22, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Esme Fuller-Thomson of University of Toronto,

Children undergo extreme stress amid parents' divorce, even making them more susceptible to stroke when they turn adults, as per a new study.