Experts from the European society of cardiology warned that processing (speech as prolonged physical exertion and many hours of mental work) increases the risk of developing atrial fibrillation – an irregular heart rhythm, says Eurekalert.
The study showed that people who work 50 hours a week and more than 40% increased risk of atrial fibrillation in the next ten years.
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“This figure we fixed after adjusted factors that can affect health. Among them – age, gender, socio-economic status, obesity, physical activity, Smoking and alcohol consumption. Especially scary that the growing workaholics cardiac arrhythmia leading to an increased risk of stroke, heart failure, dementia and other serious diseases”, – said the employee of the Department of epidemiology College London Professor Mika Kaimuki.
