Posts Tagged ‘work stress’



  • How Work Stress And Happiness Are Intermingled
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    How Work Stress And Happiness Are Intermingled
    The Relation between Job Stress and Work and Ways to be happy at the Workplace Working as a business tycoon at Wall Street or being a housewife raising children can have the same stress effects. An individual’s chosen profession or preferred activity can have direct effects on the identity and the levels of stress and happiness. It does not make sense continuing what you are doing if you are not really enjoying your work. This means that change is the need of the hour. A change in the profession or job can have direct consequences on your happiness and health. Change in the field of work activity can come in a myriad ways. Making suitable modifications to the present work environment or changing one’s profession altogether make sure that the change brings about a challenge in positive ways. Only through challenge can you stay  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | Stress Management
  • Job Stress Can Cause Heart Disease
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    Job Stress Can Cause Heart Disease
    The relation between stress and metabolic syndrome Revolutionary findings The latest study published in the British Medical Journal directly links chronic stress to heart disease, diabetes, and other lifestyle disorders. The following are the key points to be noted from the study: Research included 10,308 civil servants from Great Britain in the age group 35-55. The research was carried out over a period of 14 years to study the effects of chronic job stress on the heart and the pancreas. The relationship between chronic job stress and metabolic syndrome was studied. A number of stress factors were considered to be responsible for the increased risk of diseases such as high blood pressure, lack of insulin production, and obesity. The central finding was the relation between job stress and the occurrence of the metabolic syndrome.  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | Stress Management
  • Ways To Tackle Work Stress
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    Ways To Tackle Work Stress
    Research indicates that a significant percentage of the American population is affected by work stress. And the discouraging news is that the number is steadily on the rise. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of the CDC has shown that work stress affects nearly 29% to 40% of the American workforce. An online poll indicated that more than 50% of the individuals responded positively to the question on work-stress and exhaustion. Stress has adverse impacts on health. These effects can be relatively harmless such common colds. The more serious effects include heart ailments and the metabolic syndrome. Work-stress is so common that it is hard to label any job as stress-free. The key to manage job-stress is adaptability. Some popular techniques that you can experiment with to tackle work-stress are mentioned below: Begin  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | Stress Management
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