I don't like Mondays

Maybe there’s another reason for the song “I don’t like Mondays” with news from the National Heart Foundation of Australia that more people are diagnosed with serious heart conditions, including heart attacks, on Mondays than on any other day of the week according to new research.

The research involved more than 45,000 heart patients between 2008 and 2012, and showed that the number of people presenting with heart conditions on a Monday was at least 27% higher than either Saturday or Sunday.

Heart Foundation health director, Rachelle Foreman said, “With
Heart Week approaching, the Heart Foundation is urging all Australians to learn the warning signs of a heart attack,” and get treated “within an hour of the first symptom.

Reproduced from Pharmacy Daily 29/4/14

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