This is your Member Reference Number (MRN). You’ll need to provide this when you make an appointment with an WLS counselor or contact your WLS by phone.

Anthem provides automatic translation into multiple languages, courtesy of Google Translate. This tool is provided for your convenience only. The English language version is considered the most accurate, and in the event of a discrepancy between the translations, the English version will prevail. This translation tool is not controlled by Anthem, and the Anthem Privacy Statement will not apply. Please read Google's privacy statement. If you want Google to translate the Anthem website, select a language.

Now Playing

Hostility and Heart Disease

  • Dr. Brian P. McDonough
  • Personal Growth
  • Personal Growth
  • Podcasts

Hostility and Heart Disease

Study focuses on ages 18 to 30. By Dr. Brian P. McDonough.

This audio file plays for 0 minutes and 46 seconds.

You can also

Download

View transcript

If you are young and have a hot temper, or are someone who is very angry and hostile, you are at greater risk of having heart problems down the road. This is according to the recent study in the journal of the American Medical Association. The study looked at 374 white and black, men and women between the ages 18 and 30. They were followed over 10 years and among other things the coronary arteries were studied to see if they were calcified.

Those people who had hostility levels measured above average, by a true or false test, were nine times more likely to have calcified arteries. You might be wondering why calcified arteries are important. When the blood vessels that supply the heart have blockages, there is an increased risk of heart attack. The study shows increased risk at an early age.

I am Dr. Brian Mc Donough.

More about this Topics

  • Decision-Making Tips

  • Anger

  • Laughter is the best medicine

  • Getting a fresh start

  • Taking time to recharge

Other Topics

    • Coping with Anger
    • Resiliency Skills
    • Positive Emotions and Your Health
    • Building Psychological Toughness
    • Time Management Grid
    • Setting Realistic Goals
    • Assertiveness
    • Deflate the Pressure
    • Optimism and Recuperation
    • Creating a happiness hygiene routine
    • Creating a Personal Development Plan
    • Maximizing Your Day: Effective Time Management
    • Depression in the Workplace - A Presentation for Human Resources, Managers and Supervisors
    • Coping with Change
    • Building Resilience Muscles

More about this Topics

  • Decision-Making Tips

  • Anger

  • Laughter is the best medicine

  • Getting a fresh start

  • Taking time to recharge

Other Topics

    • Creating a Personal Development Plan
    • Maximizing Your Day: Effective Time Management
    • Depression in the Workplace - A Presentation for Human Resources, Managers and Supervisors
    • Coping with Change
    • Building Resilience Muscles
    • Setting Realistic Goals
    • Assertiveness
    • Deflate the Pressure
    • Optimism and Recuperation
    • Creating a happiness hygiene routine
    • Coping with Anger
    • Resiliency Skills
    • Positive Emotions and Your Health
    • Building Psychological Toughness
    • Time Management Grid