Work stress 'damages health as much as secondhand smoke exposure' [MedicalNewsToday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 9/10/154:00 AM

Researchers from Harvard Business School in Boston, MA, and Stanford University, CA, publish their findings in the journalBehavioral Science & Policy Association.

Earlier this year, a Spotlight from Medical News Today revealed some of the surprising implications stress can have for health, including increased risk of heart disease, diabetes andAlzheimer's disease.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this year's "Stress in America" survey from the American Psychological Association (APA) found that money is the primary cause of stress in the US. A close second, however, is work, with 60% of Americans reporting this as a main cause of stress.

[For more of this story go to http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/299142.php]

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