Stress linked to chronic health problems

Men who suppress their anger and frustrations in the workplace are more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who vent their feelings openly, new research suggests.

Findings recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health revealed that 'covert coping' strategies can be detrimental to health and wellbeing.

As employees nationwide continue to feel the strain of the current economic climate, it has never been more important to practise good stress management.

Neil Shah, director of The Stress Management Society, said: "Diabetes and a number of cancers have been directly linked to stress.

"Stressed people are much more likely to catch colds and flu [and] 70 per cent of all visits to the doctor can be in some way attributed back to stress."

Research from Norwich Union found that 55 per cent of Brits are going into work when they are ill and almost half are working longer hours as a result of the recession.

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