Death of a near and dear increases risk of heart attack, survey says

People who have lost someone close to them run a greater risk of suffering a heart attack but this gradually wears off during the first month after the event, as shown by the findings of a study carried out by American researchers.

 Thus, in the first day after the death of a dear one, one runs a risk that is 21 times higher than the average.

 In the first week since the event, the risk of a heart attack is six times higher.

 People who lost somebody close to them suffer from physiologic stress that causes an acceleration in the heart rate, growth in blood pressure and grows the risk of blood clots.

 The study, which was carried out on a sample of nearly 2,000 adults who survived a heart attack, was coordinated by doctor Murray Mittleman, from Harvard University and published in the Circulation magazine.

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