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Atherosclerosis (Risk Factors)
Women Who Hold in Anger at Risk for Atherosclerosis
September 28th, 1998
Women who are hostile, hold in their anger, and feel self-conscious in public show greater thickness of their carotid arteries, an early marker for the development of atherosclerosis throughout their bodies, new research shows. "These longitudinal data are the first to document the association between (thickening of the carotid arteries) and psychosocial characteristics in middle-aged women," say Karen A. Matthews, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh in the September-October 1998 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. "Holding in anger or suppressing negative emotions more generally may be an important determinant of women's cardiovascular...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-09-28)
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