Job-related
stress is a significant risk factor in the development of heart disease
Heart disease is a
largely preventable chronic illness that is the leading killer of men, women
and children in many western societies. Researchers and alternative medical
experts have identified a long list of dietary and lifestyle factors that work
together to promote development of the disease and validate lifestyle
modifications that reverse vascular dysfunction and dramatically lower the risk
of succumbing to heart disease.
Over the past decade it
has become increasingly clear that the biochemical effects of systematic stress
dramatically increase the risk of heart disease, and work related stress is a
leading source of anxiety and tension that fuel disease progression. A team of
scientists have published the result of meta-analysis in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal that explains how people with job stress and an unhealthy lifestyle
are at higher risk of coronary artery disease than people who have job stress
but lead healthy lifestyles.
To determine the effect
of stress on the development of heart disease, the team analyzed seven large
European cohort studies that looked at more than 102,000 disease-free workers
over a 15-year period. Participants ranged in age from 17 to 70 years where
more than half were women, a group frequently misdiagnosed with heart disease.
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