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Language matters: representations of 'heart failure in English discourse--a large-scale linguistic study

Open Heart

Aims Heart failure (HF) has a lower public profile compared with other serious health conditions, notably cancer. times pmw and ‘cancer’ occurs 81.96 times pmw and ‘cancer’ occurs 81.96 Cancer is talked about 19 times more often than HF and 22 times more often than dementia.

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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Sudden heart failure has been well described after the death of a loved one and is known as Takatubo Cardiomyopathy after the shape of a Japanese octopus fishing pot. Receiving a cancer diagnosis is associated with a more than five-fold increased risk of a cardiovascular event 5. But why does stress cause more cardiovascular events?