Super Bowl May Be Risky for the Heart

The Super Bowl could be a health hazard if you get too worked up over the game, a new study suggests. The study came from Germany. It found that heart attacks and other heart emergencies doubled when the German soccer team played in World Cup matches. But the hazard could apply to the Super Bowl as well. So said one of the researchers in an interview with the Associated Press. The authors blamed emotional stress for the heart problems. Excess eating, drinking, smoking and lack of sleep also could have been factors, they said. The study was published January 31 in the New England Journal of Medicine.