While history suggests European soccer fans can get a bit more worked up
and drunked up than the average American football fan, doctors think there
are some valid warnings to be shared.
He and his colleagues present their results in Thursday's New England Journal
of Medicine. They blamed emotional stress for the heart problems, but they
note that lack of sleep, overeating, wolfing down junk food, boozing and
smoking might have played a role too.
Previous studies suggest that events like having your home forelcosed, earthquakes and war can boost the risk of heart problems. Findings for home owners just behind a payment or two have been inconsistent. It seems the foreclosure notice itself is the most deadly of the pair..