Abstract:Background: The relationship between stress and illness is complex. The susceptibility to stress varies from person to person. An event that causes an illness in a person may not cause illness in other person. Events must interact with a wide variety of background factors to manifest as an illness. Hypertension, Heart diseases including Ischaemic heart disease was associated with personal stress (e.g. relationship breakdown) and but not with work-related stress (e.g. job loss) in middle-aged men. Personal stre… Show more
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