Study: Post 9/11 Fears causing Americans Heart Trouble
LOS ANGELES - Post 9/11 fears of terrorism are giving Americans heart problems even if they had no personal connection to the attacks on New York and Washington more than six years ago, researchers have found.
A study by the University of California, Irvine linked psychological stress responses to the attacks to a 53 percent increase in heart problems, such as high blood pressure and stroke in a three-years period after Sept 11, 2001.
The study, published in the January edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry, is the first of its kind to demonstrate the long-term effect of the 9/11 attacks on cardiac health.
Most participants in the survey watched the attacks on live television while one-third had no personal connection to them.
Most subjects had no pre-existing heart problems and the results persisted even when risk factors such as smoking and obesity were taken into account.
“It seems that the 9/11 attacks were so potent that media exposure helped to convey enough stress that people responded in a way that contributed to their cardiovascular problems,” Alison Holman, an assistant professor of nursing science at UCI and the study’s lead researcher, told the Los Angeles Times.
The three-year study involved 1,500 adults surveyed at random whose health information had been recorded before the attacks.
Researchers quizzed participants about their stress responses in the weeks after the attacks and issued annual follow-up questions ending in late 2004.
Chronic worriers were the most at risk from heart problems, the study found.
(AFP)
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January 9th, 2008 at 4:42 amBe strong and of a good courage is not taught very much is it? Then try buying a personal weapon and hang out at the range on weekends. Ruck up America!!
January 9th, 2008 at 7:12 amDan the Infidel: “Ruck Up America!!”
Absolutely! I am sure I’m not the only one who, after days of watching the television and crying my eyes out, decided that I was not going to be afraid of them and would fight them in whatever way I could.
We have become such a nation of WHINERS!!!
January 9th, 2008 at 8:48 amYeah terrorism works, but the MSM has made alot of people feel helpless by saying we should pull out or not fight back. or that we are losing Iraq and Afghanistan. gives people a sense of hopelessness that isnt true. Remember we are Americans, a country of patriots who have been through tough times before and will make it through this time just the same. stay strong
January 9th, 2008 at 8:56 amSheesh it’s simple….Get mad and fight back.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:11 amI can remember when I was a kid and they kept teaching at school that if a bully messed with you, that you should use “conflict resolution” and talk to the bully and tell him “why I feel upset when you pick on me.” I went home and told my dad that shit. He said: “Son, if you want that bully to leave you alone, kick his ass.” That simple.
January 9th, 2008 at 3:06 pmThat 53% is mostly liberals who suffer from the debilitating effects of BDS, not anxiety over terrorism. Liberals don’t believe that terrorism exists, outside of the BusHitlerHalliCheney cabal.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pm