Last Friday, a Harvard study revealed that those who lose their jobs (including the half-million people who joined the ranks of the unemployed in April) are at greater risk for high blood pressure, diabetes or heart disease. This is a particularly unsettling finding as the total number of people receiving jobless benefits climbed to 6.35 million, a 14th straight record week.

The study is an important reminder that the link between work and health, while intuitive, is also complex: the psychosocial aspects of relationships and meaning derived from work run at least as deep as the more tangible economic benefits a good job affords. See more from RWJF’s Commission to Build a Healthier America.