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Q J Med 2003; 96: 463-464
© 2003 Association of Physicians

Editorial

Stress, disease and ‘joined-up’ science

A.M.V. Ward, A. Jones and D.I.W. Phillips

Medical Research Council Unit
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton

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With the news that Glenn Roeder, manager of West Ham United, was admitted to hospital following the novelty of a win from his relegation-haunted side, stress and cardiovascular disease are once more on the front pages of our newspapers. It seems that football management is as bad for your health as smoking or drinking,1 and the anguish of standing on the touchline, but being unable to intervene in the drama of the game, seems to be the cause. Studies of 60 top managers have apparently shown that their pulse and blood pressure responses during a match are higher than when the same people ran . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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