If you are workaholic, this article is for you. You are the only one in charge of your life so you should take care of it. yes you are workaholic because you love your job but too much of everything is not good. You should also take care of your health. According to UK researchers, those employees who work longer hours significantly increase their chances of having a stroke.
“The pooling of all available studies on this topic allowed us to investigate the association between working hours and cardiovascular disease risk with greater precision than has previously been possible,” said Mika Kivimäki, professor of epidemiology, in an announcement of the results. “Health professionals should be aware that working long hours is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, and perhaps also coronary heart disease.”
“Long working hours are not a negligible occurrence… For all OECD countries, a mean of 12 percent of employed men and 5 percent of employed women work more than 50 hours per week,” said Urban Janlert, a researcher from Umeå University in Sweden, who was not involved with the research.
“Although some countries have legislation for working hours – eg. the EU Working Time Directive gives people the right to limit their average working time to 48 hours per week – it is not always implemented. Therefore, that the length of a working day is an important determinant mainly for stroke, but perhaps also for coronary heart disease, is an important finding.”
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