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1.Scientists are discovering that viral

infections may damage your arteries.

A provocative preliminary study at the University of Texas Medical School in

Houston revealed that heart patients

who'd had a flu shot were 67 per cent less likely to experience a second heart attack than those who hadn't.

Another study suggests that older

people who had a cold-sore virus were

twice as likely to have a heart attack or

die from heart disease as people who didn't. An Italian study found evidence that chronic infections,such as sinusitis,bronchitis and even urinary-tract infections,might raise

the risk of hardened arteries.

2.In a study conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore,

scientists asked 150 men and women with

heart disease and 150 healthy people how

likely they'd be to laugh in various

scenarios-say,a waiter spilling a drink in

their lap

Healthy people were 60 per cent more

likely to laugh People with heart disease

tended to be angry,even hostile.

If you don't laugh much,it would not hurt

to lean back,read the comics,watch a funny movie and try to take yourself less

seriously.

3.A few years ago doctors were saying that to reap the benefits of exercise,you

had to perform a vigorous activity such as jogging several times a week. Now it

appears that any exercise can save your

heart. A recent report found that women 45 and older who walked for at least an

hour a week cut their heart-disease risk in half. Men,too,benefit from small amounts

of exercise. Even moderate activities like golf or gardening help reduce their risk of heart attack.

'The important thing is just to do it,'

says Harvard Sesso,an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health.

4.The blues can be a real killer.

In a Canadian study,75 per cent of people with depression died the year after a heart attack,compared with 2.5 per cent of those who weren't depressed.

Can depression actually bring on a heart attack? That's the implication of a study

published last year. Wake Forest University researchers tracked 2847 people older than 55 for four years. They found that people with serious depression were three times more likely to die of heart disease than

those with a sunnier outlook. Even mild

depression could be deadly: this group had a fatality rate 50 per cent higher than

normal.

The link could be explained by studies

showing that depressed people tend not to exercise or eat properly.

5.A poll sponsored in part by American Heart Association Heart Association found that 47 per cent of people don't know the warning signs of a heart attack;63 per cent would miss the early signs of a stroke. Most heart attacks start with:

*Uncomfortable chest pressure pain for more than a few minutes.

*Shoulder,neck or arm pain.

*Shortness of breath.

*Less common signs include nausea,lightheadedness and a cold sweat.

6.In fact,any furred,or feathered friend helps your blood pressure. In one study,48 superachieving stockbrokers who lived alone and had high blood pressure were put

through a series of stress tests,such as

explaining they had lost ＄85,000 of a

client's money. As expected,their blood

pressure skyrocketed.

Half the brokers were told to get a cat or dog. Six months later the pet group

reacted far less strongly to stress. Even when their blood pressure shot up,it

remained in the normal range,says the

study's lead author,Karen Allen of the

State University of New York at Buffalo. Allen speculates that 'it's because pets offer a nonjudgmental, unconditional social

support.'

질문1:Do Flu shots prevent heart attacks?

답:예.독감 주사를 맞은 사람은 그렇지 않은 사람보다 2차 심장마비에 걸릴 확률이 67%로 떨어집니다.

질문2:Do people who take life seriously

have healthier hearts?

답:아닙니다. 장난으로 물을 엎질렀을 때 건강한 사람 중 60%는 웃어 넘기고,심장병이 있는 사람들은 대단히 화를 냈습니다. 되도록 웃고,즐겁게 사는 것이 심장병에는 좋습니다.

질문3:Do you need 30 minutes of vigorous exercise five days a week to benefit your heart?

답:예. 운동은 심장에 좋습니다. 45세 이상의 여성과 남성들이 1주일에 1시간만 걸어도 심장병의 위험을 절반이나 줄일 수 있습니다. 또,골프와 정원 가꾸기 같은 가벼운 운동도 괜찮습니다.

질문4:Is depression a disease that affects the mind and the heart?

답:예. 우울증을 앓고 있는 사람들은 밝게 사는 사람들보다 심장병에 걸릴 확률이 3배 더 높습니다.

질문5:Can sweating be a sign of a heart attack?

답:예. 심장병의 초기 증세는 좀 긴 시간 동안 가슴에 압박감,어깨,목,팔의 통증,숨이 가쁘고 머리가 가볍게 느껴지며 식은땀이 납니다.

질문6:Can cats be hazardous to your

heart?

답:아닙니다. 오히려 애완동물이 스트레스를 완화시켜 줍니다. 애완동물은 욕하지 않고 기르는 사람을 무조건 지지해 줍니다.

입력시간: 2002. 10.05. 10:22