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PHOENIX (February 3, 2010) – New medical information suggests that people getting ready for their annual Super Bowl parties may need to have the phone on speed dial to 9-1-1 due to what they say is an increase of heart attacks during the game. But before passing on watching TV this weekend, Valley residents might want to hear what one doctor at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centers, says about the study linking football watching to heart attacks.
“The stress of watching football -just like the stress of having sex- can cause a heart attack,” says Dr. Nathan Laufer, Cardiologist at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. “Good stress and bad stress can lead to bad outcomes.”
The study on Super Bowl Sunday leading to an increase in heart attacks appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Laufer, Cardiologist at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and founder of the Heart and Vascular Center of Arizona, is available to talk with media regarding what stress relating to watching sports can do to your heart.
To interview Dr. Laufer please contact the Public Relations Department at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center at 602-839-4193.
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