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The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization have issued a
warning about the
of overworking. They said working long hours is causing the
death of hundreds of thousands of people
. The two organizations analysed the
between loss of life and working long hours. Their
were sobering. Around three-quarters of a million workers die early after suffering
and heart attacks as a result of working over 55 hours a week. Most of these
were in people aged 60 to 70 who had worked at least 55 hours between the
of 45 and 74. The researchers discovered that men accounted for 72 per cent of the
.
