For rabid fans of both sports and real estate,

of the New York Foreclosure Real Estate and New England Foreclosure Real Estate, the real estate down turn won't be just a game. It may be a health hazard. Heart attacks and other cardiac emergencies doubled in major city in Germany, when that nation's soccer team played in World Cup matches, a new study reports such emotional events are the trigger, Sports or homes.


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..