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Women and men equal at heart risk |
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A new study finds that women in their 60s have as many risk factors for heart disease as men, and by their 70s have more, according to research at the University of Southern California. The findings, published in the current issue of the journal of Women’s Health, reflect a change from |
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The study was done in 503 subjects in Costa Rica, of which, 80 reported having at least one cup of coffee in the hour before the onset of myocardial infarction (heart attack). The data showed a circadian rhythm in response to the risk peaking around 9 in the morning – the time when many people have the day’s first beverage.
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previous decades when older men were at greater risk for heart disease. Instead this research shows over the last 10 years, older women are doing worse, while men are doing better, Women’s risk for heart disease is lower than men’s through middle age. But the break-even point at which women catch up to men is now at age 60. 10 years earlier than before. “Women are no longer protected from heart disease risk relative to men” said Eileen Crimmins, professor in USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. |
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Are heart attacks more common on birthdays? |
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If the stress of a pink slip or the strain of physical exertion can set off a heart attack, then why not the emotion associated with birthdays? Although typically a time of celebration, birthdays for some can be filled with intense pressure and even anguish, a day of silent despair or expectations unfulfilled. That, scientists say, is particularly true with the elderly, who are more likely on birthdays to |
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begin to think of their lives in terms of how much time is left, rather than how much time has passed. |
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One extensive examination of the claim was published by Canadian researchers in the journal Neurology this year. In the study, the researchers tracked over 50,000 patients, with an average age about 70, who were treated for heart failure at hospitals in Ontario in a two-year period. They found a strong relationship between birthdays and the onset of ‘vascular’ events such as heart attack and stroke |
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The bottom line: Heart attacks occur more frequently on birthdays than on other days of the year. |
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