Cardiovascular Health
Monday, October 06, 2008
Preventing a Stress Meltdown amidst Economic Chaos
It sounds like a bad dream. Financial meltdown. Global markets in chaos. Government bails out banks and other financial institutions in worst crisis since the depression. Citizens watch as personal wealth plummets. What a roller coaster it’s been emotionally. Certainly there have been a few positive trends but lots of negatives that could mean serious consequences down the road. The questions start racing into a blur. What’s going to happen next? Is it time to get out? Have I really hit the bottom? Will I be able to recover if the numbers don’t improve quickly?
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Debt stress causing health problems, poll finds
The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck — and the back and the head and the stomach — for millions of Americans. When people are dealing with mountains of debt, they’re much more likely to report health problems, too, according to an Associated Press-AOL Health poll. And not just little stuff; this means ulcers, severe depression, even heart attacks.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Stress At Work Increases The Progression Of Arteriosclerosis
Work stress, resulting from great pressure at the work place, may increase the progression of atherosclerosis by 46% in people who have highly reactive personalities to stress.
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Anniversary of a Loved One’s Death Can Trigger Sudden Death
If the date of a loved one’s passing is approaching, beware. The anniversary of the death of a close family member, especially a mother or father, is a significant trigger for Sudden Death (SD), especially in men, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology’s 57th Annual Scientific Session.
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Managing Stress Can Lower Heart Death Risk
Emphasizing an old adage, new medical research confirms that keeping stress levels under control can significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack or death in patients with coronary artery disease. Although a correlation between stress and various heart ailments has been established in the past, this is the first observational study to examine the effect of anxiety or depression treatment on a heart patient’s risk factors.
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ACC Press Release (PDF)
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Thursday, March 06, 2008
Psychological Distress, but Not Major Depression, Linked to Stroke Risk
A new analysis from the UK European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)–Norfolk population-based study has shown a relationship between psychological distress and increased risk for stroke. No such link was seen between episodic major depressive disorder (MDD) and stroke in this analysis.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Can a bank crisis break your heart?
Researchers estimate that the soaring stress levels brought on by a system-wide banking crisis could prompt a 6.4% surge in heart attacks in high-income countries such as Britain and the US. In Britain, anywhere from 1,280 to 5,130 people 10 times the number of British troops who have been killed in Iraq could die if a significant proportion of banks failed in the manner of Northern Rock last year, the study says. Elderly customers would be at particular risk.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Cats May Protect Owners Against Cardiovascular Death
People who own cats have a lower risk of dying from a heart attack or other cardiovascular disease, including stroke. “We found that people who do not own cats have a 40% higher risk of dying from a myocardial infarction than people who do keep cats as pets,” said Adnan Qureshi, M.D., of the Minnesota Stroke Institute in Minneapolis.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Persistent depression after heart trouble harmful
Persistent depression is associated with worse physical health a year after heart attack or severe chest pain—known by the umbrella term “acute coronary syndrome” (ACS), researchers from Canada report.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sports Fans’ Stress Can Be Heart Hazard
As football fans are gearing up for Super Bowl Sunday, The New England Journal of Medicine is playing spoilsport with a new study on the hazards of being a fan. The study, conducted in Germany, found that soccer fans had an increased risk of heart attack during championship games.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Work stress ‘changes your body’
A stressful job has a direct biological impact on the body, raising the risk of heart disease, research has indicated.
The study reported in the European Heart Journal focused on more than 10,000 British civil servants. Those under 50 who said their work was stressful were nearly 70% more likely to develop heart disease than the stress-free.
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European Society of Cardiology press release
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
The Role of Stress in Just About Everything
You live in a majorly stressed out world. You’re never very far from a ringing cell phone or a guilt-inducing laptop. Traffic makes you flip out. And as if stressing out over lines, health, your job, your grades, or global terrorism wasn’t enough, along comes the APS Observer with one more thing in your life to stress out over: Stress.
Anxiety • Brain • Cardiovascular Health • Emotions • Genetics • Hormones • Immune System • Optimism • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Researchers find Sept. 11 stress increases risk of heart problems
Stress and fear in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may be making Americans sicker, according to a groundbreaking new study by UC Irvine researchers. For the first time, acute stress responses to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have been linked to a 53 percent increased incidence in cardiovascular ailments over three years following Sept. 11.
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Here’s Something New to Worry About: Anxiety Hikes Heart Attack Risk
We all know that people with a Type A personality and an off-the-charts hostility level may be courting a heart attack. But this might come as a surprise: New research shows that their nervous, socially withdrawn neighbors also have reason to worry. The research, published in the January 15, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), shows that longstanding anxiety markedly increases the risk of heart attack, even when other common risk factors are taken into account.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Neuroticism hard on the heart: study
Neurotic people are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, while being extroverted seems to protect people from dying from respiratory illness, UK researchers report based on a study they conducted. Neuroticism—a proclivity toward worry and emotional ups and downs—is related to anxiety and depression, which could help explain the relationship with heart trouble.
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