TRAVEL HEART ATTACKS
October 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIECOMPANIES whose employees endure long stressful commutes to work are at a greater risk of losing their workers due to heart attacks according to German research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study said people are three times more likely to suffer a heart attack within an hour of driving a car or bicycle in a traffic jam than if they would be in activities away from traffic. Scientists blame tiny air contaminants in the air that trigger a reflex that disturbs the heart's rhythm. Although researchers acknowledged that stress ...
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