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All work and no play not only makes Jack or Jill dull, it also might kill them.

A Framingham Heart Study data of women aged 45-64 showing that frequent vacations cut risk of death among all women by half. Another study from the State University of New York at Oswego published in 2000 found that regular vacations lowered risk of death by almost 20 percent in 35-57 year-old men.

Americans are the least likely workers in the industrialized world to take their full vacations, which are typically shorter than those enjoyed in other countries anyway. And it’s killing us.