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Heart attack deaths more likely at Christmas

  • Written by Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne
imageHeart attack and stroke deaths are more likely to occur over the Christmas break. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Christmas holidays can be a risky time for both your bank balance and your state of mind, but there is also some research indicating it is a time when you are at higher risk of dying from a heart attack.

To date most of the evidence for an...

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