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Media Spotlight: ABC’s Good Morning America gets Redford Williams’ thoughts on study
posted August 17th, 2010
People with antagonistic or disagreeable personalities have thicker arterial walls that may make them more prone to heart attacks and strokes, researchers said.
Dr. Redford Williams of Duke University in Durham, N.C., who was not involved with the study, commented that the findings highlight the largely unappreciated role of psychological factors in cardiovascular disease risk.
"Psychological and social factors are just as strong, as this study clearly documented, in putting people at higher risk of heart disease and other health problems," he said in an interview.
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