Please read this along with my piece on’Stifling anger at work can kill-Reuters.’ filed under Health and draw your conclusions.
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A bad temper can lead to a risk of premature heart attack, scientists claim.
Their comments are based on findings that young men who quickly react to stress with anger are three times more likely to develop heart disease.
Research shows these men were five times more likely than their calmer counterparts to have an early heart attack, even without a family history of the condition.
Some expressed their anger, others were able to conceal it, while many became irritable or engaged in “gripe sessions”.
The most important thing angry young men can do is get professional help to manage their tempers
Dr Patricia Chang, who co-ordinated the US-based research, said: “In this study, hot tempers predicted disease long before other traditional risk factors like diabetes and hypertension became apparent.
“The most important thing angry young men can do is get professional help to manage their tempers, especially since previous studies have shown that those who already have heart disease get better with anger management.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1939094.stm
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