Is the Super Bowl killing you?

Is the Super Bowl killing you? | Fox News:

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Studies have linked the weeks following the Super Bowl to increased risk of heart attacks among sports fans—especially those fans whose team loses the big game.

Research published in the journal Clinical Cardiology suggests that the emotional stress fans feel after a loss may trigger fatal heart attacks, especially for people who already suffer from heart disease.

“The Super Bowl has become a defacto holiday in the U.S.,” Dr. Simon Rego, the head of the stress and anxiety center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, told Fox News. “It’s got one hundred and ten million people estimated that’s going to watch it, and so much gets wrapped into it with the office pools, and with the friendly or not-so-friendly competition, fantasy sports leagues, recreational activities—I think there’s an intensity that comes with that level of involvement in the game and the process around the game now.”