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Losing One’s Job Raises Heart Attack Risk

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A person’s risk of heart attack increases incrementally, and may be elevated within the first year of unemployment. Whereas employment instability is a major source of strain affecting an increasing number of adults in the United States, little is known about the cumulative effect of multiple job losses and unemployment on the risks for acute …

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Strong Correlation Between Unemployment & Mortality Revealed

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McGill University (Canada) researchers find that unemployment may increase the risk of premature death by 63%. McGill University (Canada) researchers, working in collaboration with colleagues from Stony Brook University (New York, USA), surveyed existing research covering 20 million people in 15 (mainly western) countries, over the last 40 years, and found that unemployment increases the …

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