Monday, February 23, 2009

No Anger For You

Temper, temper.

Its almost impossible to get through a day without getting anger - check that, an hour - check that, a minute.

Well it turns out that for certain individuals, anger can be lethal.

Reuters: Anger really can kill you: study
"It says yes, anger really does impact the heart's electrical system in very specific ways that can lead to sudden death," she said.

But she cautioned against extrapolating the results to people with normal hearts. "How anger and stress may impact people whose hearts are normal is likely very different from how it may impact the heart which has structural abnormalities," she said.

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