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Work stress raises risk of premature death

Very demanding jobs increase the risk for a great number of diseases

06-Jun-2018

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Study into work stress on health of people with existing medical conditions.

Men were 68% more likely to die during study if jobs were demanding with little control.

Feeling overwhelmed at work is nearly as harmful as smoking.

Neither job strain nor effort-reward imbalance impacted death rates of women.

Tracked more than 100,000 people in Finland, France, Sweden and the UK.

The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.

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Andrew Steptoe

British Heart Foundation Professor of Psychology at UCL.

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

The journal provides information in the fields of diabetes, obesity, endocrinology, osteoporosis and many other fields.

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