Hospitalizations for acute cardiovascular disease (CVD) – like a stroke or heart attack – almost doubled in the two days after the 2016 presidential election, according to a new study.
"This is a wake-up call for every health professional that we need to pay greater attention to the ways in which stress linked to political campaigns, rhetoric and election outcomes can directly harm health," said David Williams, Professor of Public Health at Harvard Chan School and corresponding author of the study.