Thursday, October 21, 2004

German Study Links Traffic Jams and Heart Attacks

A study of hundreds of heart attacks in southern Germany published in the New England Journal of Medicine's Thursday edition found nearly one in 12 attacks was linked to traffic. Traffic jams were more likely to take a toll on women and on people 60 and older. Whether the excess heart attacks were due to stress or exposure to vehicle pollution isn't known.

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