Work Stress Can Raise The Risk Of A Heart Attack By 23%

September 15, 2012 - 9:06 am | Category: Health

According to a new study, people with highly stressful jobs but little real control over decision making are 23 percent more likely to have a heart attack.

Professions such as doctors and airline pilots can be high-stress because there is so much out of your control when you’re treating patients and flying planes into and out of bad weather.