1.   In between those two extremes, there was pretty much a direct relationship between whole grain intake and lower ischemic stroke risk.

2.   Overall, people with high blood pressure have a higher stroke risk.

3.   Also, the stroke patients were more likely to smoke, drink and have other stroke risks than the control group.

4.   Among men, there was no increased stroke risk.

5.   Research has suggested that a high systolic reading may be most strongly associated with stroke risk.

6.   Stroke risk increased with heavier drinking.

7.   So being well fed and healthy during the growing years may lower stroke risk many years later.

8.   Stroke risk linked to the pill thus appears to be outweighed by its benefits, the authors wrote.

9.   Tea and fruit may reduce stroke risk.

10.   Tanne noted that the stroke risk has declined in recent decades, at the same time the average height has increased.