 I'm Esther Dillard along with Doug Davis on your home for 24-7 news, the Black Information Network. Now here's your Healthy Minute. Loneliness could impact your risk of having a stroke. A new study shows that older adults who reported being chronically lonely had a 56% higher stroke risk than those who rated their loneliness low. The lead study author at Harvard noted the importance of assessing loneliness and said consequences may be worse if ignored.