Death By Traffic

Connection between traffic congestion and heart attacks is found.

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October 22, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

In addition to sprawl kills having validity, killer commute has now been confirmed as a real phenomenon. People caught in traffic are three times more likely to suffer a heart attack within the hour than those who arent tied up on the road, according to study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Thanks to Joel Hirschhorn

FULL STORY: Study links traffic jams and heart attacks

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 in MSNBC

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