Here’s why should take up meditation, soak in long baths, and unwind with relaxing walks: being chronically stressed out has been found to be as dangerous as smoking five cigarettes a day.
A new research from Columbia University Medical Centre in the US has found that people who said they felt anxious were 27% more likely to suffer a heart attack.
Researchers analysed data from six studies involving nearly 120,000 people. In the studies, subjects had been asked about their perceived stressload with questions such as, “How stressed to you feel?” and “How often are you stressed?”
Subjects were tracked for 14 years, with researchers tabulating the number of heart attacks that occurred during that time frame.
“These findings are significant because they are applicable to nearly everyone,” says study author Safiya Richardson.
“The key takeaway is that how people feel is important for their heart health, so anything they can do to reduce stress may improve their heart health in the future.”
The study was published this week in The American Journal of Cardiology.
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Hindustan Times-City-LifeStyle
23/12/2012
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