Health
Self-employed women are often healthier: Study
Women who are their own bosses might have healthier hearts to show for it, a new study suggests.
Aug 08, 2022
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News tagged with work schedules
Health
Shift work increases the severity of strokes later in life
As most Americans wind down for bed, 15 million people are just clocking into work. These hospital workers, emergency responders, factory operators and others are among the 20 percent of the world's population who do shift ...
Jul 12, 2022
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Health
Losing sleep over the pandemic? Work flexibility may be a boon for night owls' health
Many so-called night people feel that, when it comes to society's expectations about when the workday should start, they drew the short straw.
Apr 11, 2022
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Health
Heart health of shift workers linked to body clock
Working hours that deviate from an individual's natural body clock are associated with greater cardiovascular risk, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021, an online scientific congress of the European ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Health
'Night owls' may be twice as likely as morning 'larks' to underperform at work
Night 'owls' may be twice as likely as morning 'larks' to underperform at work and to run a heightened risk of early retirement due to disability, finds research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
In pandemic, more people choose to die at home
Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since the pandemic hit.
Feb 08, 2021
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Pediatrics
The parenting myth revealed by lockdown
On Thursday, March 26 this year, working parents faced a dilemma—how were they going to work and care for their children during lockdown? The restrictions meant schools, early childcare centres, and kindergartens were closed. ...
Jul 07, 2020
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Health
Increased caseloads may explain why reducing resident physicians' work hours doesn't always improve patient safety
In 2013, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital launched a multi-center study comparing a work schedule that included traditional, extended work shifts for resident physicians (24 hours ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Health
To fight effects of sleep deprivation, reach for healthy snacks
In a study of 245 Stanford physicians, researchers found that a better diet is associated with reduced side effects of sleep deprivation.
Oct 08, 2019
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Surgery
More operations are scheduled if doctor is well rested
Researchers at Linköping University have investigated how orthopaedic surgeons make decisions regarding surgery, and how the decisions are related to how much of their work shift they have completed. The results show that ...
Sep 18, 2019
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