Thanksgiving is the starting point of holiday season in United States. In recent days for most people in America thanksgiving is more of a feast rather than a time for giving thanks. One can always say apart from starting the holiday season thanksgiving also kicks in the season for heart attack. Unfortunately, that’s what is happening.
In 1999, Dr. Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD, of the Heart Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles found that heart attack deaths begin to increase around Thanksgiving, continue to rise through Christmas, peak on New Year’s Day, and then drop off. The researchers concluded that overindulgence and emotional stress during the holiday season were behind what Dr. Kloner dubbed the “Merry Christmas Coronary” and “Happy New Year Heart Attack” phenomenon.
