Is Workplace Stress A Killer?
The leading causes of death in the US are: heart disease, cancer and stroke-in that order. What affect does job stress have on your risk for any (or all) of these? PLENTY! Research has proven that workplace stress jeopardizes a person’s health, regardless of other contributing factors such as smoking, diet, and lack of exercise. AARP magazine recently ran a story about a muscular 51-year-old marathon runner and Ironman triathlete-one fit guy right? WRONG! Five of his heart arteries were blocked at least 90% each! How can this be? Stress proved to be the culprit…the chemicals released when we’re stressed cause blood to thicken and put us at risk of clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes. Recent studies have linked stress to cancer growth. Research reported in the journal Nature Medicine caused the medical community to take notice. When mice with tumors were studied, the stressed mice had a tumor growth rate of 275% more than nonstressed mice and metastasis in the stressed mice wa
