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Money, Stress and Deadly Heart Attacks

Medical studies of men and women have both produced results that confirm stress from money Problems can and does trigger accelerated heart disease and fatal heart attacks. And in the recession of 2008-2009, this truth has never been more relevant.

And with the Iraq war, Wall Street’s financial theft of investor funds, the ensuing credit crunch, plummeting housing values, increasing unemployment, failures, collapse of everybody’s 401k’s and life savings, the resulting stress on everyone’s hearts is understandable.

Hostile Emotions

In addition, a lot folks are angry and bitter over the lack of punishment to the high-level of corporate CEO’s and their destruction of people’s life savings and dreams of a pleasurable retirement with security. And as detailed in Toxic Emotions Can Kill You, anger and resentment are deadly emotions on the human body.

These grim realities are on people’s minds everyday as they struggle through their workday. Heck, even without work problems, martial/relationships stress or family illness, people have unprecedented levels of anxiety and stress that pose dire risks for everyone’s heart.

Today's Problems Affect Everyone

And while it is true that middle class Americans – the bulk of our society – are most affected by these horrific events, the first medical research study used for this article concludes that, “We have demonstrated an economic difficulties gradient in coronary events in men that is independent of other markers of socioeconomic position…”

And the second medical study concludes that, “Financial strain was a predictor for recurrent events among women with coronary artery disease, independently of commonly used indicators such as education and household income.”

All of this information points to reality that Americans need to practice stress relieving techniques to survive in this hostile, competitive environment. The days of the simple life, far and away from the maddening crowd, are gone. Today’s environment requires each person to take responsibility for their health and utilize methods to offset the devastating effects of all the forms of stress we are faced with.

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Sources: Self-Reported Economic Difficulties and Coronary Events in Men International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 Jun;34(3):640-8 Financial Strain Predicts Recurrent Events Among Women with Coronary Artery Disease International Journal of Cardiology 2008 Jul 10 Role of Emotions and Stress in the Genesis of Sudden Death Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1985 Jun;5(6 Supplement):95B-98B Stress and the Heart: Aspects of Sudden Cardiac Death Psychosomatics 1990; 31:255-264 Psychophysiologic Factors in Sudden Cardiac Death American Journal of Psychiatry 1980 Nov;137(11):1325-35

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