Heart-Attack Deaths Peak During the December Holidays

Be attentive to your health and habits and take steps to protect your heart.

Published: November 21, 2022

depressed man at holidays — © Per Grunditz / EyeEm | Getty Images If you find the holidays hard to bear, reach out to others. Volunteer to serve meals at a homeless shelter, invite single neighbors to your home for a meal, visit forgotten residents of a nursing home or find another activity that helps others. Focusing outward rather than inward can produce feelings of calmness and well-being that are beneficial to your heart and mind.

As the year winds down, enthusiasm for the December holidays ramps up. We eagerly look forward to happy times, like celebrations with family and friends, time-honored traditions, vacations from the daily grind and seasonal activities that bring us joy.