High stress hormone levels linked to increased cardiovascular mortality

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 06:49 in Health & Medicine

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol strongly predict cardiovascular death among both persons with and without pre-existing cardiovascular disease according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)...

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