Coronary Heart Disease
Findings from University of Pittsburgh, Medical Department provide new insights into coronary heart disease
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 3rd, 2009
Researchers in the United States conducted a study "To examine associations between loneliness and risk of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) over a 19-year follow-up period in a Community sample of men and women Loneliness, the perceived discrepancy between actual and desired social relationships, has been linked to several adverse health outcomes. However, no previous research has prospectively examined the association between loneliness and incident CHD in a community sample of men and women."
"Hypotheses were examined using data from the First National Health and Nutrition Survey and its follow-up studies (n = 3003). Loneliness, assessed by one item from the...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-12-03)
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