Shoveling Snow Leads To Death

Shoveling Snow Leads To Death.
Shoveling snow can snowball your imperil of heart attack, and you should take precautions to protect yourself, an expert says. "When the temperature front drops, our blood vessels narrow to prevent our bodies from losing heat," Dr Holly Andersen, gaffer of education and outreach at the Ronald O Perelman Heart Institute of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, said in a dispensary news release. "This is a fool response that can also put people with heart conditions and those involved in strenuous exercise at greater peril of having a heart attack".

Andersen said shoveling snow is one of the most strenuous and dangerous winter activities. It can leg up blood pressure and, combined with the effects of frigid temperatures, can significantly proliferate heart attack risk. Andersen offered the following advice for safe shoveling and good courage health this winter.