Chronic Stess Record in Hair: Study

Updated: Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 4:59 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 4:58 PM EDT

myFOXDetroit.com Staff Reports

Doctors could someday have a new way of determining your chance for a heart attack, and all it takes is a hair sample.

Canadian researchers found the stress hormone cortisol can be measured in hair, which provides a long-term record of chronic stress.

The researchers took hair samples from more than 100 hospitalized men and found cortisol levels were significantly higher in men that had heart attacks.

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