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:salam2: brothers and sisters, as we all know that it is haram in Islam to celebrate brithdays. I was just on the internet and this article caught my eyes.
The latest health risk: celebrating birthdays
People are more likely to suffer strokes and heart attacks on their birthday than any other day of the year, a study says.
We've all heard the saying: "considering the alternative, birthdays aren't so bad."
Yet celebrating another year of life can evidently pose a threat to your health. People are nearly 30 per cent more likely to suffer strokes and heart attacks on their birthday than any other day of the year, according to researchers.
This dire warning is the result of an analysis of patients admitted to Ontario emergency-departments from 2002 to 2004.
Experts speculate that stress is to blame: celebrating a birthday can lead to higher blood pressure, a surge of adrenaline or other reactions that increase the chances of suffering dire cardiovascular events.
"The effect probably occurs regardless of whether the emotion involved is positive or negative," said Dr. Gustavo Saposnik, study leader and a stroke neurologist at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital.
"Just the anxiety associated with birthdays, even when it is something that is pleasurable, may have an impact on vascular disease," he said, adding that the phenomenon is consistent with other research that has found similar spikes in stroke rates during major sporting events.
Dr. Saposnik recommends that people with known medical conditions linked to stroke or heart attack, such as high blood pressure, to avoid risky activity such as heavy exercise, drinking excessive alcohol or eating salty food on their birthdays.
He and former colleagues at the University of Western Ontario looked at people admitted to Ontario emergency departments between 2002 and 2004. Of these patients, 24,000 were admitted for acute stroke, 16,000 for trans-ischemic attacks, or mini-strokes, and 29,000 for heart attacks.
The researchers found the patients were 27 per cent more likely to fall ill on a birthday. Similar spikes were not seen on statutory holidays or other days during the birthday week.
A birthday may represent an acute psychosocial stressor for some individuals, as it may induce several emotional, physical and mental changes, study authors wrote in the journal Neurology. And these changes could lead to the formation of blood clots which in turn can cause a heart attack or stroke.
The study's findings would seem to make sense, Dr. Chris Feindel, medical director of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital told the National Post. While he has not had a patient suffer from a birthday-related heart attack, Dr. Feindel said many of his patients have mentioned being under extreme stress at the time of falling ill.
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The latest health risk: celebrating birthdays
People are more likely to suffer strokes and heart attacks on their birthday than any other day of the year, a study says.
We've all heard the saying: "considering the alternative, birthdays aren't so bad."
Yet celebrating another year of life can evidently pose a threat to your health. People are nearly 30 per cent more likely to suffer strokes and heart attacks on their birthday than any other day of the year, according to researchers.
This dire warning is the result of an analysis of patients admitted to Ontario emergency-departments from 2002 to 2004.
Experts speculate that stress is to blame: celebrating a birthday can lead to higher blood pressure, a surge of adrenaline or other reactions that increase the chances of suffering dire cardiovascular events.
"The effect probably occurs regardless of whether the emotion involved is positive or negative," said Dr. Gustavo Saposnik, study leader and a stroke neurologist at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital.
"Just the anxiety associated with birthdays, even when it is something that is pleasurable, may have an impact on vascular disease," he said, adding that the phenomenon is consistent with other research that has found similar spikes in stroke rates during major sporting events.
Dr. Saposnik recommends that people with known medical conditions linked to stroke or heart attack, such as high blood pressure, to avoid risky activity such as heavy exercise, drinking excessive alcohol or eating salty food on their birthdays.
He and former colleagues at the University of Western Ontario looked at people admitted to Ontario emergency departments between 2002 and 2004. Of these patients, 24,000 were admitted for acute stroke, 16,000 for trans-ischemic attacks, or mini-strokes, and 29,000 for heart attacks.
The researchers found the patients were 27 per cent more likely to fall ill on a birthday. Similar spikes were not seen on statutory holidays or other days during the birthday week.
A birthday may represent an acute psychosocial stressor for some individuals, as it may induce several emotional, physical and mental changes, study authors wrote in the journal Neurology. And these changes could lead to the formation of blood clots which in turn can cause a heart attack or stroke.
The study's findings would seem to make sense, Dr. Chris Feindel, medical director of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital told the National Post. While he has not had a patient suffer from a birthday-related heart attack, Dr. Feindel said many of his patients have mentioned being under extreme stress at the time of falling ill.
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