{"id":1369,"date":"2013-03-06T21:16:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T21:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/having-purpose-in-life-could-reduce-stroke-risk\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:16:59","slug":"having-purpose-in-life-could-reduce-stroke-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/having-purpose-in-life-could-reduce-stroke-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Having purpose in life &#039;could reduce stroke risk&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brainstreams.ca\/news\/having-purpose-life-could-reduce-stroke-risk\" class=\"sharethis-link\" title=\"Having purpose in life &#039;could reduce stroke risk&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow\">ShareThis<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-type-text field-field-news-author\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\n<div class=\"field-label-inline-first\">\n              Author:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>                    The Telegraph        <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-type-date field-field-published-date\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\n<div class=\"field-label-inline-first\">\n              Published Date:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"date-display-single\">March 5, 2013<\/span>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-type-text field-field-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\n<div class=\"field-label-inline-first\">\n              Publication:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>                    www.telegraph.co.uk        <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-type-link field-field-link-original-article\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Original article:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/9910103\/Having-purpose-in-life-could-reduce-stroke-risk.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/9910103\/Having-purpose-in-life-coul&#8230;<\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>People who feel that they have a purpose in life are 20 per cent less likely to suffer from a stroke, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>A study of over-50s found that those who had defined goals for the future were at a much lower risk of suffering a clot on the brain than people with few objectives.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether setting aims later in life makes people more likely to keep up a healthy lifestyle, or whether thinking positively about one&#39;s life somehow protects against a stroke, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/9910103\/Having-purpose-in-life-could-reduce-stroke-risk.html\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareThis Author:&nbsp; 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