Work Stress Linked to Higher Asthma Risk

People who regularly feel stressed out by their jobs may have a higher risk of developing asthma than those with a more-relaxed work atmosphere, a new study suggests. The new findings, published online April 27th in Allergy, are the first to show an association between work stress and later asthma risk, according to the researchers. The investigators found that among more than 5,100 adults they followed for nearly a decade, those who reported high job stress at the outset were twice as likely as those with low levels of work stress to develop asthma. . read more.