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Deadly heart attacks are more common on a Monday

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239 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 06 Jun 23 13:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lukko ◴[06 Jun 23 15:36 UTC] No.36214465[source]▶
I definitely felt Mondays on-call were much busier in the hospital. I always thought this could be due to patients spending weekends with family, not wanting to cause a fuss and maybe ignoring symptoms of cardiac chest pain until it evolves into a serious heart attack (STEMI). Also, they may be waiting to see their GP on Monday morning and then get referred to hospital (although less likely with STEMIs).

I also remember the time between Christmas and New Year being very busy - I thought for a similar reason - people understandably just don't want to be in hospital for Christmas.

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1. dqv ◴[06 Jun 23 16:31 UTC] No.36215335[source]▶
Maybe for some of them, but I think a lot of people eat worse and drink more on holidays/weekends. A lot of people with dangerously high blood sugar around holidays and a lot of older folks get/report UTIs.