Sunday, April 8, 2012

Stress of cancer takes a physical toll

Sort of an odd article here-

Basically, this study has shown that there might be an increase of cardiovascular issues and suicide following a cancer diagnosis.  According to the article, "patients were 5.6 times more likely to die from a heart attack or other cardiovascular complication in those first seven days".  However, as the study continued over time the risk factor decreased.  This is just more evidence to show what stress can do to the cardiovascular system.

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