For some, holidays bring heart trouble
The number of heart-related deaths definitely spikes during this jolly season—and there’s no clear reason.
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay | 0 comments | 5 Shares | December 8, 2017
Heart-related mortality increases at the holidays. One possible reason—people delay medical care amid the holiday bustle.
It’s not the chill of winter that causes a spike in heart-related deaths at Christmas and New Year’s—it’s the holiday season itself, Australian researchers contend.
In New Zealand, where December and January are the height of summer, researchers found more than a 4 percent increase in heart-related deaths from Dec. 25 through Jan. 7.
https://healthbeat.spectrumhealth.org/holidays-bring-heart-trouble/
