Results from a new study suggest that people who have higher resting heart rates are more likely to die from a heart attack than people who have normal resting heart rates. Among men, those with a pulse of 101 beats per minute or more were 73 percent more likely to die of ischemic heart disease than those with a rate of 61 to 72 beats per minute, which is the normal healthy range. And among women, those with a resting heart rate of 101 beats per minute were 42 percent more likely to die of...
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