Under pressure: What's your biggest source of stress?
- September 3, 2010 11:59 AM |
- By POV
By CBC News
Chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks, according to an Israeli-Canadian study of stress hormone levels in hair.
Ongoing psychological stressors such as job strain, marital problems and financial stress have been linked to a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease including heart attacks, but not all studies have found such links.
Researchers collected hair samples from 56 men admitted into an Israeli medical centre after suffering heart attacks. The researchers checked the samples for cortisol, a hormone secreted in higher levels during times of stress.
A control group of 56 who were treated in hospital for reasons other than a heart attack also provided hair samples.
The men who had heart attacks showed higher concentrations of cortisol in their hair samples than the control group, according to the study.
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