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Worrying increases heart attack risk
Chronic anxiety can significantly increase the risk of a heart attack for men. Californian scientists used a cohort study involving 735 men (mean age 60). Each of the men completed psychological testing and was in good cardiovascular health at baseline in 1986. The researchers investigated whether anxiety characteristics independently predicted the onset of myocardial infarction over a 12-year per ...
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