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High-Stress Jobs Bad for Women’s Hearts

Demanding jobs with little control can boost risk by 40%

By savageviking, Newser User

Posted Nov 15, 2010 8:35 AM CST | Promoted on Newser Nov 15, 2010 3:05 PM CST

(User Submitted) – Women working in stressful positions face an increased risk of heart-related maladies such as heart attacks, strokes, and clogged arteries, finds a landmark study that followed 17,145 women over a 10-year period. Most of the participants in the study were health professionals, but the findings paint a broader picture of how stress affects women in the workplace—basically, just as it does men.

Women who work in demanding jobs with little control were 40% more likely to encounter heart problems than those with less demanding positions and more control. As one researcher stated, “It’s not just going to work, it’s what happens when you get there.” Some tips: Women should be open with their doctors about their stress levels, exercise, try to avoid bringing work home, and participate in extracurricular activities. Read the full article.

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360 Menopause

Dec 6, 2010 8:04 PM CST

High stress is not only bad for the heart, but also for menopause. It causes a host of issues. Balance as a woman gets older is imperative. Go to http://www.360menopause.com/blog

fezzysmom

Nov 15, 2010 5:58 PM CST

just a thought...if pot were 100% legal and employers had to prove impairment on the job before being legally able to fire an employee...then said employee could relax after a high stress job with a vaporized puff or two, plus exercise and proper diet, would it help to change these results? the folks i know who partake seem quite relaxed and relatively happy...with the exception of worrying about being caught in a drug test.

Timinator2K

Nov 15, 2010 4:06 PM CST

Sorry, ladies, but high-stress jobs are BAD for everybody's hearts. I love these women-centric articles that pretend that womens' physiologys are so incredibly different than men's that they rate a whole different science.

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