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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Long working hours can help predict heart disease risk Adults reporting workdays of 11 hours or longer had a 67% higher relative risk for developing coronary heart disease From the Annals of Internal Medicine media release: Physicians often use the Framingham risk model to determine a patient's 10-year risk for developing coronary heart disease, or CHD. The Framingham model includes factors such as lipid levels, blood pressure, and smoking habits, but does not take into account psychosocial factors such as stress at work. Researchers studied 7,095 civil service workers between the ages of 39 and 62 who showed no signs of CHD at a baseline medical examination conducted between 1991 and 1993. The patients were then screened for CHD every five years until 2004. Researchers used information from the medical screenings along with hospital data and registry linkage to determine the rate of coronary death and nonfatal myocardial infarction for each patient. They found that adding information about working hours to the Framingham risk model modestly improved prediction of those who would develop CHD. Adults reporting workdays of 11 hours or longer had a 67 percent higher relative risk for CHD than those working 7 or 8 hours a day. Posted by: danica on 2011-04-06 09:32:31 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Other posts tagged shift work, hr: · [Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships] · [Jealousy and envy at work are different in men and women] · [Obesity affects job prospects for women, study finds] · [Focusing on staff pays off] · [Researcher suggests 35-hour workweek for parents] · [ACOEM announces advocacy agenda: Healthy Workforce Now] · [ACOEM calls for integrating workplace health with ACO/PCMH concepts] · [Many employee assistance programs lack a comprehensive approach to addressing intimate partner violence] · [Effective use of creativity and innovation is key] · [Understanding Millennials: Market researchers see new generational cohort emerging] · [Emergency dispatchers suffer from symptoms of PTSD, study reveals] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! Recent Posts: Dopamine impacts your willingness to work People who are willing to work hard for rewards had higher release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in areas of the brain known to play an important role in reward and motivation Posted by: danica on 2012-05-12 10:04:13 Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships How internships are high-impact educational practices that can lead to higher levels of learning than those practices found in traditional classroom settings Posted by: danica on 2012-05-11 10:59:49 Comparing suffering may stop people seeking help for depression and anxiety People make inaccurate judgements about their depression and anxiety symptoms based on their perception of the suffering of those around them Posted by: danica on 2012-05-09 11:17:17 Long commutes may be hazardous to health Greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk Posted by: danica on 2012-05-09 09:02:31 National U.K. handwashing campaign improved hygiene and reduced infection The more UK hospitals purchased soap and alcohol handrub, the more levels of MRSA and C. difficile went down Posted by: danica on 2012-05-07 09:05:37 View Your Cart? Call us for more information: In Toronto and Area call 647.723.6381 or call 1.866.395.8904 Toll-free. Dial answer group (ext) 3. \| Share: \| more Check out our Amazon Reading List!	New! Wellergize brings the power of Permacharts to your organization. Click here to see our selection. Wellergize Latest Tweet: wellergize: Wellergize #workplacewellness daily is out! http://t.co/i3rnpyRn ▸ Top stories today via @ncrtopemployers @yourworkplace @health_nexus - about 16 hours ago + More Recent Tweets: Our twitter feed is brand-spanking new! You can follow us or contact us here: @Wellergize. We'll tweet and retweet events, blog post topics, and relevant news. wellergize: RT @TheEditionEA: A Top Employee Quit: 5 Lessons Learned http://t.co/6R0zVBzL #HR #recruitment - about 18 hours ago wellergize: Wellergize #workplacewellness daily is out! http://t.co/i3rnpyRn ▸ Top stories today via @hn_top_employer @hriq @skilven @sanddunes08 - 1:08pm May 16, 2012 Powered by (a variation of) TwitterZoid Who has used Wellergize Products and Services? Bell Canada, for one. Ask us how we can help your organization.
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