September 6, 2018

Date-using-cellphone

Pressure to check work email after hours can be bad for your health, personal relationships: study

Briarcliff Manor, NY — You’re at home with family in the evening when you receive an email notification. It’s from your boss. Do you respond? A new study finds that pressure to check work email from home can negatively affect your health, your relationship with your significant other, and his or her health. Read more
Worker-well-being

'A fuller picture': Researchers develop framework for measuring worker well-being

Elk Grove Village, IL — A panel of 13 research experts is proposing a new framework that "incorporates work and non-work contexts for a fuller picture of factors affecting workers' health and quality of life." Read more
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Manager support combats absenteeism among depressed workers: study

London — Workers who suffer from depression may be less prone to miss work when managers show greater sensitivity to their mental health and well-being, recent research from the London School of Economics and Political Science shows. Read more
Watching-tv

Prolonged sitting, even for regular exercisers, increases risk of death: study

Atlanta — Prolonged leisure-time sitting, even among people who work out regularly, increases the risk of death from all causes, according to a recent study from the American Cancer Society. Read more
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Cancer-prevention benefit of exercise off most people's radar, study shows

St. Louis — Few Americans are aware that lack of exercise can increase their risk for certain types of cancer, according to a recent study from Washington University in St. Louis. Read more
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