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Unemployed at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?
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 Tue, 11-20-2012 - 12:02pm

In recent Health Day News, there is more bad news for the unemployed. "More bad news for the jobless: Heart attack risk rises with unemployment, particularly in the first year, new research suggests.What's more, heart risks associated with repeated joblessness may be on a par with that posed by major cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking or having diabetes or high blood pressure (hypertension)." more [2]

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    [2] http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=670830
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