Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Shoveling Snow Raises the Risk of a Heart Attack

Summary: Over 7 percent of patients were shoveling snow when the symptoms began. About two thirds were men average age was 63 and were highly to have had a family history of premature cardiovascular disease. The 7 percent significant and the number may be much higher, since many patients may not have mentioned that they were shoveling snow at the time their symptoms began.

Critique: I thought it was pretty interesting, because I never thought that shoveling snow would give you a heart attack.

Impact: This might be true for older men instead of younger, and maybe women also.

1 comment:

  1. forgot the address thing here it is:
    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/really-the-claim-shoveling-snow-raises-the-risk-of-a-heart-attack/?ref=science

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