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  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/hLhD6BMb_r4   Working 55 hours a week or more following a heart attack drives a 67% higher risk of another coronary event including unstable anginal pain, another non-fatal heart attack, or a deadly MI.  Canadian investigators followed 967 first heart attack victims after their return to work.   The risk of another often deadly cardiac event was proportional to the hours participants worked each week.  While there were slight risk increases as weekly hours worked increased from less than 35 to 54, 55 hours a week was a level above which disaster lurked.  The other important variable was job stress with those under the greatest stress suffering a 2.5 fold greater risk.   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735109721003764?via%3Dihub   #coronary #heartattack #overwork #stress #death #angina