Article: Stress, Lifting Place Business Travellers at Risk of Heart Attack.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 1--Unfit and overweight executives are candidates for a heart attack, but those who travel often are at even more risk.

Dr Peter Barratt, senior medical adviser at the Medical Advisory Service for Travellers Abroad, says: "People become stressed when they travel and are often forced to carry heavy hand-luggage, which puts a strain on the heart." Barratt urges business travellers who have a history of heart trouble to seek medical advice before flying.

"If a passenger's heart stops, a defibrillator will help to restart it," he says. "American Airlines, Air Zimbabwe, Qantas and Virgin are among airlines ...

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