Oh joy, another study has hit the public eye. I can't wait for the jokes about this one to start.

Want Longer Life For Wife? Let Her Argue With You

Yes, those crazy scientists have been at it again.

LONDON - A WOMAN who keeps quiet during an argument with her husband is four times more likely to die from heart disease and other causes, according to a study published in the American Heart Association (AHA) journal.

Researchers believe women who argue with their husbands are warding off heart disease and other causes of death.

Right at the very beginning we find a whopping big error. If a woman keeps quiet... there is no argument. What you have is a husband yelling at a wife. It takes at least 2 to argue - so unless the husbands in these instances have two or three personalities that show up to the fight... what you have is not an argument. Just had to get that straight.

What other gems did they come up with in this study?

And women whose work had a disruptive effect on their home lives were twice as likely to develop heart disease

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The joint Boston University and Wisconsin-based Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises team also found that marriage suited men as husbands only had half the chance of dying from heart disease as unmarried men.

They also had to add a second study in farther down the page giving us this little nugget of information...

It found unemployed women looking for work reported the worst physical health, with nearly a third having high blood pressure and 6 per cent suffering a heart attack, stroke or chest pain.

My my my... all these conclusions. As a matter of fact all those years of studying and keeping track of data! Well, I guess it's a good gig if you can get someone to fund it for you.

Now I want all you scientists to stand up and repeat after me...

Correlation is NOT Causation. Please learn the difference between the two. Then stop wasting money on bogus studies and find out the basic mechanism behind heart disease - find the physiological source and learn how to fix it. That is where the money should be spent. Not on creating new and better ways for David Letterman to come up with a Top 10 List.

Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin

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1 ***applause***

"Then stop wasting money on bogus studies and find out the basic mechanism behind heart disease - find the physiological source and learn how to fix it."

Hell, I've got a few theories of my own on this......I think blogging lowers blood pressure and actually contributes to better heart health. Think anyone will grant me a few million to sit on my couch and test that theory?!?! ;-)

Posted by: Tammi at February 20, 2005 02:29 AM (HaRi0)

2 A one-way conversation is often referred to as a "lecture".

Posted by: _Jon at February 20, 2005 04:34 AM (RZ4Hy)

3 So working women have a higher rate of heart disease, but unemployed women have an even worse rate of heart disease?

So what the heck are women suppose to do?

Posted by: Machelle at February 20, 2005 05:31 AM (Q0mkb)

4 Just have visiualizations of John Cleese in the "Arguement Clinic"

Posted by: Beloved Wife at February 20, 2005 07:12 AM (ubhj8)

5 "Let Her Argue With You"

Let? LET?

I spend half my life trying to PREVENT arguments! Guess I should start trying to PROVOKE them now.

"Gee, honey, sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Maybe if we argue about how fat you look in that dress, you'll feel better"

YEESH! :-P

Posted by: Harvey at February 20, 2005 08:35 AM (ubhj8)

6 Harvey... darling... if you are going to tell Beloved Wife that she looks fat in anything - we'll have to get your eyes checked. *grin*

Posted by: Teresa at February 20, 2005 09:30 AM (nAfYo)

7 Oh blast... I also wanted to say - I had completely forgotten about the Argument Clinic. ROFL.

Posted by: Teresa at February 20, 2005 09:31 AM (nAfYo)

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