BOSSES BOOST HEART DISEASE.

Byline: EMILY COOK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT

BAD bosses can damage your health, a study warned yesterday.

Researchers found staff with managers they did not rate had a higher risk of developing serious heart disease through stress.

And the chances of suffering illness increased the longer they worked for the firm. Swedish scientists tracked more than 3,000 men aged 19 to 70 over a decade and asked them to mark their boss as a leader.

Dr Anna Nyberg of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, which did the study, said: "A good boss, providing structure and support, counteracts destructive processes in work groups."

Heart disease is the nation's biggest killer causing more than 110,000 deaths annually.

The British Heart Foundation said the study "suggested" a competent manager may help lower stress and protect against disease.

110,000 DIE FROM HEART DISEASE IN BRITAIN EVERY YEAR. IT'S OURBIGGEST KILLER