--- Kevin Tarr wrote: > Men Put Hearts at Risk > > Angry Young Men Put Hearts at Risk > > Irritability, Griping, and Anger Hasten Heart > Disease > > By Jennifer Warner WebMD Medical News > Reviewed By Gary Vogin, MD > > April 22, 2002 -- <snip> > > > We participated in a similar survey years ago, only > we > were assigned a "hostility score." Two people got ~ > 30, which was very high (although I don't remember > the > maximum possible); I was middling at 15 (there were > several with only ~5 - and they really were > even-tempered). > > Bet It's Higher Now Maru :P > > > More info: whatdda ya mean we? > > Kevin T. > What are YOU looking at?
<LOL> My classmates...but a Brin-L test would be 'vehrrrry interestinggg.' Here is a somewhat more detailed article: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/24665.html A study published in the May 2000 edition of the journal Circulation reports that people with normal blood pressure, with higher scores on an assessment of their trait anger, are nearly three times more likely to have a heart attack. Even those whose anger is moderate face a significant risk of illness and death from coronary heart disease. "The results of this study are consistent with those of previous studies on anger and heart disease," says Janice Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., lead author of the study and an epidemiologist (a specialist who studies the incidence, distribution and control of disease in a population) with the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention. (She was with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when the study was conducted.) What makes her study different is that her participants started out disease-free. "This type of study provides more convincing evidence of a connection between anger and heart attack." Here is a 46-question test on anger, aggression and cynicism: http://www.alzwell.com/AngerKills.html Here is a 10-question test: http://www.lifelonghealth.org/mhc_home/hcmind/hc_anger1.htm I Was Right Maru (20/22) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
