Apr 13, 2021
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The strains of holding down a job and maintaining social relationships increases a woman’s risk of developing heart disease by 21%. Public health scientists at Philadelphia’s Drexel University report this and other conclusions following their study of 80,825 postmenopausal women over nearly a quarter century.
Relationship stress including a spousal death or a divorce/separation increases the heart disease risk by 12%. General, non-relationship social strains, increase the risk by 9%. Job stress alone does not appear to increase heart disease risk, but data reveals a strong association between social strain and job strain.
All women must closely monitor their health and consistently use stress reduction strategies.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.017780
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