WORK STRESS 'RAISES HEART RISK'

JOB STRESS LINKED TO
INCREASED HEART-ATTACK RISK

www.bbc.co.uk - Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say. They analysed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found "job strain" was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease. The risk to the heart was much smaller than for smoking or not exercising, the Lancet medical journal report said. The British Heart Foundation said how people reacted to work stress was key. Job strain is a type of stress. The research team at University College London said working in any profession could lead to strain, but it was more common in lower skilled workers. Doctors who have a lot of decision-making in their jobs would be less likely to have job strain than someone working on a busy factory production line. There has previously been conflicting evidence on the effect of job strain on the heart. In this paper, the researchers analysed combined data from 13 studies.

At the beginning of each of the studies, people were asked whether they had excessive workloads or insufficient time to do their job as well as questions around how much freedom they had to make decisions. They were then sorted into people with job strain or not and followed for an average of seven and a half years. One of the researchers, Prof Mika Kivimaki, from University College London, said: "Our findings indicate that job strain is associated with a small but consistent increased risk of experiencing a first coronary heart disease event, such as a heart attack." The researchers said eliminating job strain would prevent 3.4% of those cases, whereas there would be a 36% reduction if everyone stopped smoking. Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "We know that being under stress at work, and being unable to change the situation, could increase your risk of developing heart disease. "This large study confirms this, but also shows that the negative effect of workplace strain is much smaller than, for example, the damage caused by smoking or lack of exercise."

A new research, published in the journal Lancet, shows that job strain can increase the risk of a heart attack and death. Job strain was linked to other lifestyle choices that were bad for the heart: Smokers with job strain are more likely to smoke a bit more, active people with job strain are more likely to become inactive and there is a link with obesity. "If one has high stress at work you can still reduce risk by keeping a healthy lifestyle." explains researcher Prof Mika Kivimaki. Job stress has become an integral part of modern life. It transforms itself into of psychosomatic diseases or addictive drives; however, we can avoid these consequences by filling our lives with spiritual goals.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US? 

Most people have rejected the cure of spirituality and embraced the analgesic of artificial enjoyment. And they think of themselves as very advanced and intelligent in doing this. But the passage of time  is showing that neither is a life of artificial enjoyment satisfying, nor is a society espousing artificial lifestyles sustainable. Despite the best facilities for bodily enjoyment, Western and Westernized societies are witnessing an alarming rise in divorces, criminality, addictions and suicides.  Stress, a disease unheard of in earlier times, is now synonymous with the modern lifestyle. All these are symptomatic of hearts that are profoundly and desperately empty. The disease of the empty heart has worsened so much that in many cases even the painkiller of artificial enjoyment is no longer working. But still it is not too late. The cure of genuine spirituality is easily available. It is safe, simple and sublime. And it works for those who give it a sincere try.

Śrīpad Chaitanya Charan das :
“The Spiritual Scientist”
“Smiling Faces, Crying Hearts”
http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2011/12/smiling-faces-crying-hearts/

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