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Effects of Stress
The ups and downs of everyday life affect the mind and body. These effects are stress and everyone feels it to one degree or another. Over time, we begin to notice the headaches, back pains, digestive problems, lower resistance to colds and infections, high blood pressure, irritability, emotional exhaustion, or a host of other stress related symptoms.
According to statistics from the Occupational Health and Safety News and the National Council on Compensation Insurance, stress accounts for:
$26 Billion in medical and disability payments
$95 Billion in productivity loss
1 million American workers a day absent from work 85% of employee accidents
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