But Dr. Myron Weisfeldt, chairman of the department of medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and a past president of the American Heart Association, said research strongly suggests that stress can precipitate sudden cardiac death.

The author warned that environmental or social stresses such as difficulty coping with a crying baby combined with the effects of tranquilizers may precipitate a child abuse event.

Sublethal mitochondrial stress with an attendant stoichiometric augmentation of reactive oxygen species may precipitate many of the beneficial alterations in cellular physiology produced by caloric restriction.

The stress brought on by Niles's addition to the family precipitated a self-destructiveness in West that had nothing to do with her growing isolation as she continued to get promoted in a man's world.

Sometimes an unusual stress like an illness precipitates a severe hypoglycemic episode.

Nevertheless, stress and financial troubles precipitated a serious illness-perhaps a harbinger of his future mental afflictions-that prevented his return to Manitoba until May 1871.

The stress caused by a diagnosis of cancer and its treatment may precipitate a relapse of pre-existing anxiety disorders.

It is generally felt that overwork and stress precipitated his premature death in 1840 after murking unceasingly for five years as Irish under-secretary.

Severe stress, as may accompany the breakup of a marriage or the sudden loss of a loved one, can also precipitate hair loss, although Dr. Whiting said the causative mechanism was not known.

After being let down by Will Rogers, stress, polio, and resentment from his father precipitated his downfall, which culminated in being reduced to starring in the cheap drugs-scare melodrama "She Shoulda Said 'No'!"