Anger really can kill you, U.S. study shows

[babylonsister]

So CTFO! :)


Anger really can kill you, U.S. study shows
Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:00pm EST

By Julie Steenhuysen


CHICAGO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Anger and other strong emotions can trigger potentially deadly heart rhythms in certain vulnerable people, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Previous studies have shown that earthquakes, war or even the loss of a World Cup Soccer match can increase rates of death from sudden cardiac arrest, in which the heart stops circulating blood.

"It's definitely been shown in all different ways that when you put a whole population under a stressor that sudden death will increase," said Dr. Rachel Lampert of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, whose study appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

"Our study starts to look at how does this really affect the electrical system of the heart," Lampert said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN23265425

[Warpy]

1. I keep waiting for every angry right winger in the country

to keel over from that toxic combination of fear and anger the right wing media know how to play with, but so far they've all disappointed me.

I can hope, though.

Oh, and it's not just the cardiovascular system, fear and anger also play hell with the digestive system.

[izquierdista]

2. Lock the toilets then

When they can't get in when they have to go, that's when they will keel over.