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 Chemistry
Dr Anna Nyberg of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Stockholm (stŏk`hôlm'), city (1995 pop. 692,954), capital of Sweden and of Stockholm co., E Sweden, situated where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. , 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 The British Heart Foundation is a charity organisation in the United Kingdom that funds research, education, care and awareness campaigns aimed to prevent heart diseases in humans. 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 |
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