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Unemployment may trigger heart attacks, study suggests

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A new study from Duke University researchers finds older American workers who lost a job may be about 20 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack, a percentage that climbs as job losses mount. The overall heart attack risk however remains small, but for some of those in the study who already were at risk because of an unhealthy lifestyle, it may be enough to push them over the edge. "Any significant additional risk is important," said study author Dr. Matthew Dupre, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Raleigh-Durham. Researchers analyzed data on more than 13,000 U.S. men and women aged 51 to 75 who were part of an ongoing health and retirement survey partly sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Participants were interviewed every two years from 1992 through 2010 about their employment and health.

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-0.041023	"job losses," but it's likely the greatest risks for heart attacks were from being fired or laid off, said Dupre.
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-0.159971	"There probably are differences in consequences of job loss when it's voluntary or more or less expected" and when it comes as a sudden shock, said Burgard.
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