Johan Denollet in American Journal of Cardiology

People with heart disease might want to take a careful look at how they handle their feelings of anger. A new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology by Johan Denollet PhD and his colleagues found that heart disease patients who suppressed their anger had nearly triple the risk of having a heart attack or dying over the next 5 to 10 years. Reuters Health published this on their newssite on April 21, 2010.

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But this does not mean that angry outbursts are a better way to handle these feelings. People tend to either vent angry feelings or hold them inside, but Denollet thinks it is important for (people) to find a midway solution to resolve these angry feelings, but in a more constructive way, a more adaptive way.

Please click here for the Reuters press release.