SOMETHING TO ARGUE ABOUT?|Marital stress can be bad for your heart. Angry marital spats can lead to higher rates of artery disease in couples, according to a recent study at the University of Utah. For women, arteriosclerosis was more common when couples expressed anger during disagreements. Men suffered more when they or their wives brought a “controlling manner” to the relationship. Bottom line: Fight nice.
RELAX, GUYS|Aging men, sit down and shut up: Anger and hostility could be hurting your lungs. Researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health reviewed data from the Normative Aging Study, an ongoing Veterans Affairs study of 2,280 men, most of them white. Hostility was measured in 1986 using the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale; participants had an average of three pulmonary function exams over a period of about eight years. The results showed a significant relationship between higher levels of hostility/anger and reduced lung function, even after accounting for education level and smoking. The study was published in the online edition of the journal Thorax last month.|The Washington Post
