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Hey all of you teetotalers out there reading my blog! (Wait, why would you do that to yourself? You know that Gruner Veltliner is wine, right? AKA booze?)
Anyways, hold onto your dry counties, because have I got a scoop for you. Or more accurately, the L.A. Times does. Get this:
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Uh oh. Fearmongering from the working world (aka, the neverending book I am freelance copy editing, and, of course, am infinitely thankful for):
Researchers in one study found that those rated as having a dominant personality had a 47 percent higher risk of heart disease, while those with the highest scores of irritability had a 27 percent higher risk compared with their more patient, passive and unperturbed peers. Among women, the increased risk was associated with more restrained displays of anger, such as sarcasm and making faces, whereas men’s risk rose relative to more full-blown expressions of ire. Irritability was a cardiac risk factor for both sexes.
