  Health Talk Strokes are more likely to occur on a Monday, as opposed to any other day of the week, according to a Finnish study published in the July 22 online issue of the journal Stroke. Researchers from the National Public Health Institute of Finland examined the incidence of ischemic stroke by day of the week and its relationship with age, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES). A ischemic stroke is caused by blood clots that block blood flow to the brain. In their findings, researchers report most strokes occur on Monday with the fewest number of strokes occurring on Sunday. The incidence of ischemic stroke is much higher in persons with low socioeconomic status than in those with high socioeconomic status, the researchers report. The highest incidence of stroke occurred in low income elderly men aged 60 to 74, on Mondays. No Monday excess was observed in persons with high socioeconomic status. "This finding may suggest reasons for the higher IS (ischemic stroke) incidence in persons with low socioeconomic positions and open up some possibilities for prevention," conclude the authors. 
