美国麻州大学医学院在最近出版的《美国医学会》杂志上发表的一项研究报告称,长期受严重便秘之苦的老年妇女,患心脏病的风险较高。因为这些经常便秘的妇女,本身拥有较高的心血管疾病危险因子,如低纤维饮食、运动量太少、普遍有高血压及高胆固醇等。研究人员对73000名美国绝经后妇女进行了6~10年的跟踪研究。研究开 A study published by the University of Massachusetts Medical School recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that elderly women who have suffered from chronic constipation for too long are at a higher risk of heart disease. Because these often constipated women, they themselves have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, such as low-fiber diet, exercise too little, generally high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The researchers tracked 73,000 postmenopausal women in the United States for 6 to 10 years. Research open