Heavy traffic bad for your heart
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Traffic jams are not only bad for your mood - they may actually kill, research suggests. A German study has found people caught in traffic are three times more likely to have a heart attack within the hour than those who are not stuck in a jam.
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Big cities are turning to new technologies and theories to try to relieve an old problem: traffic congestion
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Here&#39;s a news flash: spending hours every week stuck in grinding traffic - getting very little exercise and breathing polluted air â-an make you sick.
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A study on women suggests air pollution might significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Warning: Suburban sprawl may be hazardous to your health. A report released Monday found that people who live in sprawling metropolitan areas are more likely to report chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches and breathing difficulties than residents of more compact cities...
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If you have a slight fever, or even just a cold, you could be risking serious heart problems if you go to work, say researchers in a news study.
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On-the-job stress can increase your blood pressure, adding to your risk of having a heart attack or stroke, according to evidence from two new studies by Heart and Stroke Foundation researchers.
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A lorry driver whose fatal motorway collision caused severe day-long traffic delays had a hole in the heart.
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Paris - Churchgoing may be good for the soul but it could also be dangerous for the lungs, according to a study published on Friday in the specialist European Respiratory Journal.
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Traveling in traffic triples the risk of heart attack for an hour afterwards, a study has found. Car exhaust, noise and stress brought on by congestion are likely to be the main causes of the increase in risk.
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NEW YORK Working in a high-pressure environment on tight deadlines can cause a six-fold increase in the risk of having a heart attack, a new study published on Tuesday shows.
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NEW ORLEANS - More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood, starving the body of oxygen and leading to weakness, chest pain and, eventually, death.
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A new study by the RAND Corp. think tank found that people in high-sprawl regions have more health problems such as diabetes, breathing difficulties, migraine headaches and high blood pressure.
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People with certain types of sleep problems may be at greater risk for heart problems.
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Utah researchers find that drivers on cell phones drive sluggishly, clogging traffic on highways and lengthening your commute
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People under pressure to meet deadlines are six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack, a new research reveals.According to the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Programme intense, pressure seems to have a greater impact on the heart than accumulated
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Do you face a tough daily ride to work, spend hours stuck in a traffic jam? If so, your health could be in danger according to a German medical study which lends new meaning to the concept of a &quot;killer commute.