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Tuesday, April 23, 2002“The study volunteers, who graduated from medical school between 1948 and 1964, received an initial medical exam and answered questions about their medical history, health behaviors and reactions to stress. Every 5 years, the group completed a questionnaire in which they provided information about their health and checked a box next to phrases that described how they respond under pressure. In 1995, when the average age of the group was nearly 65 years, about 8% had been diagnosed with premature heart disease. Men who reported that they became irritable, expressed their anger, felt angry but concealed the emotion, and participated in gripe sessions had a higher risk of premature heart disease and heart attack, compared with men who were less angry, regardless of cholesterol levels, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure.” The article suggests that angry men get “counseling” to make them nicer. I have my doubts about the ability of counseling to change someone’s personality. Maybe they should just get some punching bags. posted by Sydney on 4/23/2002 08:06:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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