Get Up And Do Something: Unemployment is hard on the heart, and the harm may add up

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Unemployment is hard on the heart, and the harm may add up Nov 28th 2012, 11:23 In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers report that repeated job losses may be as damaging to the heart health as smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Among Americans aged 50 to 75, the unemployed suffer heart attacks at a rate that is 35% higher than that among employed people with otherwise similar risk factors, and the rate seems to rise with every new period of unemployment. The team of researchers from Duke University analyzed data on more than 13,000 middle-aged and older adults who agreed to biennial interviews about their work and health status.

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