Christmas Biggest Day For Fatal Heart Attacks

According to the Centers for Disease Control, high blood pressure affects one in three Americans. Add on chronic stress, and experts say there’s a reason that high blood pressure is called the silent killer.

“You can have it and have virtually no symptoms and not really know it—not recognize it,” says David Brown, MD, at cardiologist at the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano. “It’s a big deal.”

According to Dr. Brown, “it can cause heart disease, heart attacks. It causes disease in the brain that leads to stroke. It causes kidney disease that leads to kidney failure that leads to dialysis. The list goes on.”

Researchers even have a name for it: the “Christmas Coronary”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.