The global recession is not only harmful for your pockets but can also break your heart. Doctors say the current economic scenario, where people are being laid off and share markets plunging into deeper crisis every day, can lead to severe health and mental complexities, including heart attacks, in people who are directly being affected by it. A research conducted in Yale University, USA, shows that involuntary job loss, especially for those at the later phase of their career, more than doubles the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
In the study, carried out on 4,301 individuals out of whom 582 had lost their jobs, researchers observed that job loss was associated with a range of stressful outcomes, including loss of pay and non-wage benefits, limited access to medical care and work-based social support, which in turn increase the risk factor for their hearts. Though the situation is not as worse in India as in the west, the financial hardship due to economy downturn can lead to very severe stress, which can directly affect the heart.
In the study, carried out on 4,301 individuals out of whom 582 had lost their jobs, researchers observed that job loss was associated with a range of stressful outcomes, including loss of pay and non-wage benefits, limited access to medical care and work-based social support, which in turn increase the risk factor for their hearts. Though the situation is not as worse in India as in the west, the financial hardship due to economy downturn can lead to very severe stress, which can directly affect the heart.
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