For people who regularly work long hours — defined as more than 10 hours a day for at least 50 days a year — a recent study suggests an increased risk of stroke. According to research published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, working such long hours is associated with 29 percent greater risk stroke than are those who work less. Log long hours for 10 years and the risk appeared to be rise to 45 percent more than for those who work less Previous studies have found that irregular shifts, night work and job stress can have negative health effects. Those researchers tracked 71,113 people, 16 to 64 years old, as they changed working hours over a nine-year span. From a purely psychological point of view, working more hours provided no further psychological boost, the researchers found.

Source: Washington Post October 14, 2019 12:33 UTC