Post-Traumatic Stress Boosts Heart Attack Risk
By Randy Dotinga
Combat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder are six times more likely to suffer a heart attack than other vets, new research suggests.
The findings “give people another risk factor that has to be considered,” just like smoking or high blood pressure, says lead researcher Joseph Boscarino, a senior scientist at the New York Academy of Medicine. “This is a pretty powerful indication that something is going on that puts people at high risk.”
While the link between stress and heart disease may not seem surprising, Boscarino’s study is unusual because…
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