The pressures of family and work, financial uncertainty … stress is an everyday reality for many people, especially in this time of crisis. So it is something we need to be able to manage, but this is not always easy, as researchers at INSERM (France’s National Institute of Health and Medical Research) can confirm. “We need to be vigilant and pay attention to people who state they are stressed. Particularly those who believe that stress is affecting their health”. In fact, such people are at double the risk of suffering cardiac problems. In a way, they are stressed by their own stress...
Written by: Vincent Roche – Edited by: David Picot
Source : European Heart Journal, 26 June 2013