Fear Of Heart Disease
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.)
MIAMI BEACH (Florida), November 14
Four heart specialists said today that the danger of heart disease had been so exaggerated that many persons were disabled by fear of it. The doctors. Robert A. Wise. H. T. Englehardt. Harvey Snyder and Valliant Baird, were reporting on their study of 13.900 male oil company workers. They said that they found the actual risk of heart ailment was one in 500 in men in the 40-45 year old group, and one in 100 among men 55 to 59 years old.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28436, 16 November 1957, Page 2
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