A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2009 showed found that anger and hostility were associated with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) outcomes both in healthy and CHD populations.
The researchers recommended that besides conventional physical and pharmacological interventions psychological management focusing on anger and hostility should be considered in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease.
Reference
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Mar 17;53(11):936-46. The association of anger and hostility with future coronary heart disease: a meta-analytic review of prospective evidence.
About the Author
Kenneth’s mission is to use medicine, spiritual formation, poverty alleviation, and leadership development to help people live lives to the fullest. He holds two doctorate degrees: the first is in medicine and the second is in spiritual formation. He is a practicing U.S. physician, an assistant professor of medicine, and a senior professor of leadership and spiritual formation at Servants University (SU). Kenneth is also a core faculty in the department of orphan care and poverty alleviation at SU and the founder and president of the Kenneth Acha Foundation, an organization that has helped thousands of orphans in Cameroon and trained many leaders since 2005.
