Health
Fretting over finances can lead to stress-related illnesses
The shock of getting a pink slip or the chronic stress of watching a 401(k) account decline can whittle away at people's health.
For one patient of Dr. Steve Newman, losing his job was enough to kill him. After a couple of weeks of trying to make ends meet, he suffered a fatal heart attack, said Newman, a cardiologist with the Heart Center of North Texas.
"Stress is one of those things that keeps eating at people," he said. "Stress really works on the heart."
