News tagged with stressful jobs
Unemployment's toll can be heartbreaking
(HealthDay)—As anyone who's lost a job can attest, stress and worry often quickly follow. But the health of your heart after unemployment can also take a tumble.
Cardiology
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Job burnout can severely compromise heart health
Americans work longer hours, take fewer vacation days, and retire later than employees in other industrialized countries around the globe. With such demanding careers, it's no surprise that many experience job burnout—physical, ...
Cardiology
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Stress at work very unlikely to cause cancer, research says
Work-related stress is not linked to the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, a study published today in BMJ suggests.
Cancer
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Mental break: Work-life balance needed for recovery from job stress
Detaching from work—mentally, physically and electronically—is the key to recovery from job stress during nonwork hours, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Researchers examine the neuroscience of mental fatigue
We all perhaps know the feeling of mental exhaustion, but what does it mean physiologically to have mental fatigue? A new study carried out using brain scans could help scientists uncover the neurobiological mechanisms underlying ...
Neuroscience
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Genes could be powerful predictor of our capacity to deal with stress, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Work stress, job satisfaction and health problems due to high stress have more to do with genes than you might think, according to research by Timothy Judge, professor of management at the University of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2012 |
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Large Europe-wide study confirms work stress linked to greater risk of heart disease
People who have highly demanding jobs and little freedom to make decisions are 23% more likely to experience a heart attack compared with their counterparts without such work stress, according to a study of nearly 200 000 ...
Cardiology
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Job stress doubles diabetes risk in women
Work stress doubles the risk of developing diabetes for women who have little or no control over what they do on the job, according to a new Canadian study.
Diabetes
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Higher job strain associated with increased cardiovascular risk for women
Women with high job strain are 67% more likely to experience a heart attack and 38% more likely to have a cardiovascular event than their counterparts in low strain jobs, according to a study published July 18 in the open ...
Cardiology
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Anti-depressant use soars in England, linked to recession
The use of anti-depressant drugs in England has soared by 28 percent in the past three years, coinciding with the country's fall into recession and the global economic crisis, new figures showed Friday.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Stress triggers disease flares in patients with vasculitis
In patients with a devastating form of vasculitis who are in remission, stress can be associated with a greater likelihood of the disease flaring, according to a new study by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Workplace stress a growing health hazard
Job-related stress is catching up with the Canadians. A new study by Concordia University economists, published in BMC Public Health, has found that increased job stress causes workers to increasingly seek h ...
Health
Aug 25, 2011 |
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