Our very first PI Plus Wu Lien-Teh Public Health Forum Series was launched on August 22!

“Mental stress, inflammation and heart disease:- can we do anything to protect ourselves?” by Dr HT Ong, Consultant Cardiologist moderated by Dr Teh Ewe Eow.

An enlightening educational session for many. It was attended physically with more than 30 participants and over 200 virtual attendees.

Increasing evidence has accumulated to show that mental stress can cause heart disease. Mental stress results in widespread inflammation in the body and this inflammation can cause the blocks of the coronary artery to worsen producing heart attack. It can also result in heart muscle injury and irregular heart beat leading to sudden death. Strokes have also been found to be increased by mental stress. The factors causing stress have been discussed in the hope that it can be reduced by every individual.

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We are grateful for a successful event led by colleagues from Penang Institute.