January can be a bleak month. The weather is cold, the skies are gray and there is a persisting spike in heart attacks.
Researchers have identified that people are more heart attack prone in January and December than in other months of the year. This phenomenon doesn’t appear to be weather-related, and scientists are trying to learn why more people succumb to cardiac events during this time.
Scientists urge people to learn the symptoms of a heart attack and not ignore any warning signs — especially during heart attack season.
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Studies have found that most heart attacks occur on Christmas Day, then on December 26 and January 1. Scientists initially thought the increased incidents were due to cold weather. Then, a 2004 study in the journal Circulation sought to see if cardiac deaths were related to the holidays, not the falling mercury.
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