{"id":344589,"date":"2014-07-14T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T08:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/soyez-sympa-cest-bon-pour-votre-coeur-344589.html"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T08:27:45","slug":"soyez-sympa-cest-bon-pour-votre-coeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/soyez-sympa-cest-bon-pour-votre-coeur-344589.html","title":{"rendered":"Be nice, it's good for your heart!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Between the driver who took the unnecessary long route,\u00a0the colleague who claimed\u00a0our idea\u00a0or the teacher\u00a0of our\u00a0youngest who gave us a lecture because we\u00a0arrived 5 minutes late to pick him up, remaining gracious\u00a0<\/a>appears to be an impossible task.\u00a0Yet it does us good not to be hostile.\u00a0Not to make ourselves\u00a0look good or save face (that's another issue ...), but to avoid the risk of stroke.<\/p>

Scientists from the University of Minnesota studied the behaviour of 6,749 adults aged 45 to 84 years for more than 8 years to see if there was a link between their emotional state and the risk of clots or ischemic transient. Not surprisingly, they found that being very stressed or depressed<\/a> were very bad for the heart.\u00a0More unexpectedly, they could show that manifesting hostility toward others doubled the risk of stroke.\u00a0At the same time, they found no link between the act of anger on regular\u00a0basis\u00a0and healthy arteries.<\/p> <\/div>

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HOW TO LOWER THE RISK OF STROKE?<\/span> <\/h2>

In summary, we may be frustrated with\u00a0people without consequences to\u00a0our heart<\/a> but on the other hand we should avoid being aggressive and cynical. These are conflicting results that researchers cannot seem to\u00a0explain yet.\u00a0Until we know more, all we can do is advise you to remain calm and smile instead of venting your frustrations at every opportunity.<\/p>

Source: Chronic Stress, Depressive Symptoms, Anger, Hostility, and Risk of Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, July 2014.<\/em><\/p>

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Maureen Diament<\/em><\/div>

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