Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/heUksUkWdqw   The strains of holding down a job and maintaining social relationships increases a woman’s risk of developing heart disease by 21%.  Public health scientists at Philadelphia’s Drexel University report this and other conclusions following their study of 80,825 postmenopausal women over nearly a quarter century.   Relationship stress including a spousal death or a divorce/separation increases the heart disease risk by 12%. General, non-relationship social strains, increase the risk by 9%.  Job stress alone does not appear to increase heart disease risk, but data reveals a strong association between social strain and job strain.   All women must closely monitor their health and consistently use stress reduction strategies.   https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.017780   #women #heart #coronary #stress #work #relationships #marriage #social