Stress can damage your immune system, making your more susceptible to getting sick. It increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. And it can make people abuse drugs and alcohol, which in turn does all sorts of damage to the body—not to mention the damage that’s done to others when stressed out people cause car accidents, get into fights, or shoot each other.
Read Men’s Health Network adviser Armin Brott’s article on how the financial crisis is affecting us in unexpected–but serious–ways.
