Overtime Is Bad for Your Heart
Study shows that working late could literally kill you
By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2010
Have you ever joked that the hours at your job will kill you? Stop laughing: you
could be right. Those who work 10 or more hours a day are 60% more likely to
develop heart-related problems, according to a new study in the European Heart
Journal. That correlation held true even after researchers accounted for 21
other risk factors such as smoking, obesity, or high cholesterol.
The study followed 6,014
people over 11 years, LiveScience explains. The
researchers note that they haven't proved that work directly causes heart
disease, only that there's a correlation. They theorize that stressed workers
might suffer from frequent high blood pressure that wouldn't show up on medical
check-ups, or that such hard workers might be more likely to work while ill, not
get enough sleep, and put other stresses on their bodies.
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