5 Times in Life When You Are More Likely to Have a Heart Attack

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 The good news is you’ve already lived through at least one of these events. Hananeko_Studio / Shutterstock.com

Someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds in the U.S. That’s about 800,000 heart attacks every year in one country — with the vast majority of them being first heart attacks, as opposed to affecting people who suffered one previously. Research shows the risk of a myocardial infarction, as it’s known medically, is exacerbated during certain life events. Some of these events are rare…

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