Stress raised heart disease risk after 9-11

摘要

People who experienced high levels of acute stress reaction following 9-11 had a much higher incidence of cardiovascular ailments over the three years that followed than people who did not have the high acute stress reaction, according to a University of California, Irvine, study. Lead researcher E. Alison Holman, an assistant professor of nursing science at the university, and her team found an increase in cardiovascular ailments during the three years following 9-11, including high blood pressure, heart problems, and stroke.