Saturday, February 26, 2011

Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine | Reuters

Thick pollution can be seen as a man rides his bicycle across the main road running through Beijing's Tiananmen Square February 21, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray (Reuters) - Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday.

Sex, anger, marijuana use and chest or respiratory infections and can also trigger heart attacks to different extents, the researchers said, but air pollution, particularly in heavy traffic, is the major culprit.

Maybe we should spend more time getting the basics right first.

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