Hair provides proof of the link between chronic stress and heart attack
(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? It?s been common knowledge that everyday stress causes and increased chance of heart attack. However, before now there hasn?t been any biological proof of this hypothesis.Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have discovered the first evidence using a biological marker to link stress and heart attacks. Dr. Gideon Koren and Dr. Stan Vam Uum developed a method to measure cortisol levels in hair, which provided an accurate measure of stress leading up to a acute coronary event, like a heart attack.Cortisol is a stress hormone that is seen to secrete more when a person is under stress. ?Intuitively we know stress is not good for you, but it?s not easy to measure,? Dr. Gideon Koren who holds an Ivy League Chair in Molecular Toxicology at Western?s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, was quoted as saying. ?We know that on average, hair grows about one centimeter a month, and so if we take a hair sample 6 cm long, we can determine stress levels for six months by measuring the
Hair provides proof of the link between chronic stress and heart attack
Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker, to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks. Stressors ...
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