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Recession's health toll feared by Johns Hopkins expert
Johns Hopkins public health expert M Harvey Brenner warns the 1980 81 recession will trigger a wave of deaths from heart disease stroke and kidney illness totaling 500 000 to 700 000 over the next two years as unemployment business failure and income loss strain health care. The study for the Joint Economic Committee links economic hardship to higher mortality and illnesses with stress accelerating disease, urging intensified income support nutrition and health programs.
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