Dangers of Your Desk Job
The European Heart Journal studied more than 6,000 civil workers and found that overtime independently increased an employee’s risk of coronary heart disease. Researchers compared those who worked three or four hours extra every day to those who did not work overtime. For more cardiovascular news and article, visit our cardio condition center.
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