The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
The problem is it's the chronic stress that's the issue. And if those are up constantly, then of course, that's not going to be good for the body and it's going to damage or contribute to damaging the inner lining of the heart arteries and certainly that's probably why it it you know, has a big role to play certainly when it comes to heart disease.
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When you look at it as an odds ratio or risk for heart disease, we've got good evidence now suggesting that chronic psychological stress, which affects many people, if not most people, has a similar risk for heart disease and heart attacks as being a smoker or having type 2 diabetes or having hypertension, which is huge.