Holiday heart risks rise with seasonal stress and cold
Seasonal heart trouble spikes with cold weather, overindulgence, and stress. Studies from China and the United States note increases in fatal and nonfatal heart attacks and a condition called holiday heart syndrome from excessive alcohol. Experts urge flu shots, moderation, and prompt ER visits for chest pain while noting Christmas and New Year deaths rise about 5 percent.
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Charles Davidson
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
American Heart Association
Richard Stein
New York University’s
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David Phillips
University of California
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Phillips
Nashville
Jason Cabler
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Harvard Heart Letter
Deepak Bhatt
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Miami Children’s Hospital
Nuts during pregnancy do not raise child nut allergy risk
A long term study of over 8000 children shows that maternal peanut and tree nut consumption during pregnancy does not raise the chance of nut allergies in offspring. Frequent maternal nut intake correlated with a lower allergy rate, though causality cannot be proven.
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Michael Young
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital Boston
Jama Pediatrics
Young
Ruchi Gupta
Northwestern University
Gupta
The
Food Allergy Research and Education
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