rolour
Mar 29, 2009, 09:33 PM
:-k Hmmm... that explains the chest pains...
Wonder how many Clippers fans are still alive today :-k :mrgreen: ...
A loss by your favorite team may really kill you
Death rates jumped in L.A. following the Rams' 1980 Super Bowl defeat
Reuters
updated 1:58 p.m. CT, Sun., March. 29, 2009
ORLANDO, Florida - Passionate football fans take heed: watching your team lose in the Super Bowl could be hazardous to your health.
Researchers have found that overall and circulatory death rates in Los Angeles rose significantly after a crushing defeat for the Rams in the 1980 Super Bowl. Four years later, deaths declined after the city's other team — the Raiders — triumphed in the U.S. football championship game.
"The emotional stress of loss and/or the intensity of a game played in a high profile rivalry such as the Super Bowl can trigger total and cardiovascular deaths," said Dr. Robert Kloner, a professor of medicine at the University of Southern California, who presented the study at the American College of Cardiology scientific meeting in Orlando.
"In contrast, a win in a lower intensity game may actually have a favorable effect on mortality."
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945018/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945018/)
Wonder how many Clippers fans are still alive today :-k :mrgreen: ...
A loss by your favorite team may really kill you
Death rates jumped in L.A. following the Rams' 1980 Super Bowl defeat
Reuters
updated 1:58 p.m. CT, Sun., March. 29, 2009
ORLANDO, Florida - Passionate football fans take heed: watching your team lose in the Super Bowl could be hazardous to your health.
Researchers have found that overall and circulatory death rates in Los Angeles rose significantly after a crushing defeat for the Rams in the 1980 Super Bowl. Four years later, deaths declined after the city's other team — the Raiders — triumphed in the U.S. football championship game.
"The emotional stress of loss and/or the intensity of a game played in a high profile rivalry such as the Super Bowl can trigger total and cardiovascular deaths," said Dr. Robert Kloner, a professor of medicine at the University of Southern California, who presented the study at the American College of Cardiology scientific meeting in Orlando.
"In contrast, a win in a lower intensity game may actually have a favorable effect on mortality."
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945018/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29945018/)