Meyer Friedman

Physician

1910 – 2001

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Who was Meyer Friedman?

Meyer Friedman was an American cardiologist who developed, with colleague R.H. Rosenman, the theory that the "Type A" behavior of chronically angry and impatient people raises their risk of heart attacks. The cardiologist and researcher worked until his death at 90 as director of a medical institute that bears his name.

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Born
Jul 13, 1910
United States of America
Education
  • Yale University
Died
Apr 27, 2001

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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