Stress can make your life shorter

In a recent study of Police in the U.S.A. it was discovered that the stress of the job was having a detremental effect on the health of the officers. The study factored out social and lifestyle differences between the Police and the general populace and found that lifestyle did not account for the difference in life expectancy. It was later discovered that it was the influence of stress that was causing the trouble.

You can read more about it here:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630132017.htm