{"id":5998,"date":"2015-02-25T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5998"},"modified":"2015-02-25T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T12:00:09","slug":"fear-of-terrorism-can-destroy-your-health-but-theres-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5998","title":{"rendered":"Fear of Terrorism Can Destroy Your Health \u2026 But There\u2019s Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/02\/fear-terrorism-can-destroy-health-theres-good-news.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fear of Terrorism Can Destroy Your Health \u2026 But There\u2019s Good News<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Fear of terrorism\u00a0<a title=\"can kill you\" href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/news\/2014\/12\/28\/fear-of-terrorism-increases-risk-of-death\/79157.html\" target=\"_blank\">can kill you<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A new study has found that long-term exposure to the threat of terrorism can elevate people\u2019s resting heart rates and increase their risk of dying.<\/p>\n<p>The study of more than 17,000 Israelis is the first statistics-based study, and the largest of its kind, that indicates that fear induced by consistent exposure to the threat of terrorism can lead to negative health consequences and increase the risk of mortality, according to researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The scientists\u00a0<a title=\"explain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/01\/07\/terrorism-cardiovascular-disease_n_6396832.html\" target=\"_blank\">explain<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe found that\u00a0<strong>fear of terrorism<\/strong>\u00a0and existential anxiety\u00a0<strong>may disrupt the control processes using acetylcholine, causing a chronic accelerated heart rate<\/strong>,\u201d Soreq wrote in the press release. \u201c<strong>Together with inflammation, these changes are associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(In a 2004 study, Israeli scientists found that fear of terror\u00a0<a title=\"increases inflammation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/15272092\" target=\"_blank\">increases inflammation<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Swiss scientists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/112\/5\/1248.extract\" target=\"_blank\">Swiss scientists<\/a>\u00a0also found that fear of terror damages the health of our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>While the risk of terror is real, anything which\u00a0<a title=\"needlessly increases\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/01\/terrorists-muslim.html\"><em>needlessly increases<\/em><\/a>\u00a0our fear of terror will increase the risk to our health.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand,\u00a0\u00a0<em>facts<\/em>\u00a0which\u00a0<em>decrease<\/em>\u00a0our fear of terror will help to protect our health.\u00a0 This essay provides such facts.<\/p>\n<h3>You\u2019re Much More Likely to Be Killed By Brain-Eating Parasites, Texting While Driving, Toddlers, Lightning, Falling Out of Bed, Alcoholism, Food Poisoning, Choking On Food, a Financial Crash, Obesity, Medical Errors or \u201cAutoerotic Asphyxiation\u201d than by Terrorists<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fear of Terrorism Can Destroy Your Health \u2026 But There\u2019s Good News Fear of terrorism\u00a0can kill you: A new study has found that long-term exposure to the threat of terrorism can elevate people\u2019s resting heart rates and increase their risk of dying. 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