A Job Loss Can Give You A Heart Attack

11.20.12 | Sarah Harnisch

Duke University Reseachers have found that unemployment significantly raises the risk of heart attack. The risk goes up with increased time spent unemployed. According to a study in the Archives of National Medicene, one job loss raises the risk of heart attack by 35-percent, while four job losses raises the risk by 63-percent. The unemployed were at greatest risk of a heart attack within the year following a layoff or a firing.