The findings mirrored those already reported for heart attacks and heart-related deaths, which are also more common on Mondays, and in the morning.
By then, the federal government had reports of 80 heart-related deaths and 341 injuries among patients taking Propulsid.
The move is viewed as a significant step toward preventing heart-related deaths on the court.
A late-1970s study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a 22% rise in heart-related deaths in Massachusetts after big blizzards.
The study also showed that optimism's protective effect was stronger in men than in women for reducing the risk of death due to any cause except heart-related death.
After seven years and a cost of $150 million, there were 187 nonfatal heart attacks and heart-related deaths in the placebo group, and 155 in the group receiving the cholesterol-lowering drug.
It's created an epidemic of high blood pressure, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), heart disease, heart-related deaths - plus strokes and diabetes.
Johnson & Johnson withdrew Propulsid in 2000 after reports of 80 heart-related deaths and 341 injuries among patients taking the medication.
In a six-year study of Greek adults, researchers found that men who took naps at least three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of heart-related death.
A clinical trial with the endpoints of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths is scheduled to conclude in 2014.
