CHECKUP JOB STRESS MITIGATES HEART HEALTH.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Workers with physically demanding jobs still need to exercise in their leisure time to reduce the risk of heart disease. according to researchers at USC's Keck School of Medicine. On-the-job stress appears to counteract any biological benefits from an active workday. Investigators followed 500 middle-age employees at a utility company and monitored them for atherosclerosis. Arteries thickened thick·en tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens 1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway. 2. faster among employees who had physically demanding jobs. Those employees also reported feeling greater stress. Exercising during leisure time had the opposite effect, slowing the buildup of fatty material in the arteries. People who exercised vigorously showed the greatest benefits. OSTEOARTHRITIS osteoarthritis or osteoarthrosis or degenerative joint disease Most common joint disorder, afflicting over 80% of those who reach age 70. It does not involve excessive inflammation and may have no symptoms, especially at first. KEY: It could be that your osteoarthritis may be caused by something other than getting older and falling apart. British scientists found that nearly one-third of patients ready to undergo joint replacement surgery for osteoarthritis, or OA, had severe inflammation in the synovial fluid synovial fluid: see joint. that surrounds and protects the joints. This inflammation, already known to cause rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis Chronic, progressive autoimmune disease causing connective-tissue inflammation, mostly in synovial joints. It can occur at any age, is more common in women, and has an unpredictable course. , could be a contributing factor in OA as well, the researchers suggest. ``This is one of a number of studies finding that inflammatory mediators promote a more rapid progression of cartilage to be degraded,'' says Dr. Steven B. Abramson, chairman of the department of rheumatology rheumatology /rheu·ma·tol·o·gy/ (-tol´ah-je) the branch of medicine dealing with rheumatic disorders, their causes, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, etc. rheu·ma·tol·o·gy n. and medicine at the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of University-Hospital for Joint Diseases. |
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