AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2000
Fed: rejoice that footy and Christmas cheer don t coincide
(EDS; EMBARGOED TO 0001 DEcember 23)
Sports fans are being urged to relax and enjoy the cricket and tennis over the holidays
because too much stress in the season of indulgence could trigger a heart attack.
A study conducted during the European football championships has found that emotional
stress probably combined with heavy alcohol use and overeating increases cardiovascular
deaths among men.
The research in the British Medical Journal's found that men who have underlying heart
disease may be vulnerable to sports-induced stress.
Researchers from the Netherlands have found that the effect of a single match was detectable
in national mortality figures.
On the day of an important football match, male from heart attack and stroke were significantly
increased with some 41 cases compared with the five days on either side which averaged
27.2 cases.
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KEYWORD: STRESS (BRISBANE)
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