SOURCE: MedlinePlus.gov - Reuters Health Information
DATE: Oct. 18, 2005
BY: Anne Hading
EXCERPT: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tension increases a man's risk of heart disease, heart rhythm abnormalities and death from any cause, while women who report a high degree of anxiety are at greater risk of death, a new study shows.
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Eaker ED, Sullivan LM, Kelly-Hayes M, D'Agostino RB Sr, Benjamin EJ.Tension and anxiety and the prediction of the 10-year incidence of coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and total mortality: the Framingham Offspring Study. Psychosom Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;67(5):692-6. PMID: 16204425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
