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November 22, 2008
Economic stress can have negative impact on health
NBC Nightly News (11/14, story 7, 2:00, Williams) reported, "Even if your financial situation is stable at home, the bad news, the uncertain atmosphere, can affect all of our health and well-being."
Correspondent Robert Bazell explained, "Hard work is not dangerous stress, experts say. Loss of work, or the fear of it, so pervasive these days, is the big danger." According to Bruce McEwen, M.D., of Rockefeller University, "Stress does cause genuine effects on the human body. I think we're pretty clear about that as far as cardiovascular disease."
Dr. McEwen added, "Depression is widely recognized to be result in part from stressful events." Overeating, "insofar as it's linked to consumption of comfort foods, may actually contribute to the diabetes and obesity epidemic."
Related Links:
- Video: "Stressed Out," Robert Bazell, MSNBC News, November 14, 2008.
Posted by admin at November 22, 2008 11:32 AM