A diagonal crease across your earlobe at a 45 degree downward angle toward your shoulder may be an early warning sign of a potentially fatal heart attack, according to reports in Modern Medicine (57,10:126) and British Heart Journal (611,4:361).
You might think we are pulling your umm ear, but, scientists have been studying the amazing ear-crease phenomenon since 1973 with inconclusive results until this research report. In this study, they found telltale ear creases in both fat and skinny people who died from sudden heart attacks, so weight was not a factor. The common denominator was sudden death, often in people who apparently did not know how sick they were.
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