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There is new evidence that acute mental stress can trigger heart attacks. Researchers long have suspected that stress can bring on heart attacks, but nobody fully understood how.

University of Pittsburg investigators recently showed that stress induces a chemical reaction that promotes blood clotting- one of the prime causes of heart attacks. Deadline –type pressure causes the problem. “We’re talking about what happens when there’s time pressure and some frustration or interference in getting something done,” says psychologist, Susan Malkoff.

Continued stress over an extended period of time, without a break in the cycle, can have disastrous effects on physical and emotional health.

While there is no such thing a stress free living, dealing with stress in a positive manner can make all the difference.

Filed under: Health, Stress Management on March 11th, 2008