Working longer hours increases stroke risk

21 August 2015 - 02:18
By ©The Daily Telegraph

It is said that hard work never killed anyone, but a new study suggests that staying late at the office could have a deadly impact on health. Working just one extra hour a day increases the chance of suffering a stroke in the next eight-and-a-half years by 10%.People who toil away for 55 hours a week raise their risk by a third.

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