JAMA: Job Stress Increases Risk of Second Heart Attack

People who experience chronic job strain after a heart attack double their risk of having a second one, a Quebec research team reports. Researchers at Universite Laval's Faculty of Medicine say the results demonstrate definite risks associated with job strain for workers who have been victim of a first heart attack. Previous research had shown a relationship between work-related stress and a first coronary heart disease (CHD) event, but studies examining job strain and recurrent CHD were few and limited in scope, the team said. The research team followed 972 participants, ages 35 t...