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Imagine you found out that you had a large mass on your brain and therefore needed surgery, one of the most frightening and risky types of operations, and thus requiring you to shave your head. Now imagine your work doesn’t care about the medical aspect of that, and only wants you to maintain your pretty hair. More
Looking for a career that will make you happy and healthy? The effects of a job that makes you feel excited each day, as well as one that is conducive to great habits for your body can have an enormous … More
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Domestic violence victims in the United States lose 8 million paid work days every year, and apparently, those who hold jobs have a bigger chance of being abused in the first place. More
Staring at a bright screen while in unnatural positions can hurt your posture, eyes and sleep, among other things. Fortunately, there are some tools and tricks to keep working at home from harming your health too much. More
A bizarrely inappropriate comment in a business setting went even more pearshaped when I took my venting to Facebook. Here’s the tale. More
I spend at least eight hours a day staring at a computer screen. Even better, I spend eight hours a day reading on a computer screen. I don’t need a doctor or a Google search to tell me that too much screen time can cause headache and eyestrain. I get reminded pretty often. In fact, I’m being reminded right now. More
There’s an expression that I’ll always remember clearly from high school French: Metro, Boulot, Dodo. Directly translated, it means “commute, work, sleep,” but in essence, they’re talking about the depressing reality of people who live to work: Sit in a car or train, sit at work, and sleep—depressing, and according to study after study, also a good way to increase your chance of dying sooner. It’s no revelation that sitting at work all day is bad for your health, but another new study was released this week that confirms the risk of death increases the more we stay seated…even if they get a lot of exercise in the time that they don’t spend sitting down. More
This morning we posted about how to eat better at work—which is always easier said than done, especially if you’re trying to keep it vegetarian for Meatless Monday. Salads devoid of protein or carbo-loading on meat-free pizza and pasta is more likely to lead to an energy crash (and subsequent graze on vending machine snacks), so we culled our favorite food blogs for some easy pack-and-go options that don’t contain meat, and won’t leave you starving. More
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Every job has its dietary pitfalls. Offices have birthday cake, holiday cookies, and candy dishes. Restaurants have oodles of food. Hospitals have pudding-filled cafeterias. There’s always a coworker who wants to go to our for lunch…or who eats like Liz Lemon. Even freelancing can mean unchecked, all-day snacking. But what I’ve learned is this: those things aren’t going away. If you want to eat better at work, you can’t wait around for the environment to get less unhealthy–you just have to set yourself up for success by learning how to brown bag like a champ. More
A growing number of studies say that commuting to work harms your health, and newest says that it’s especially bad if you drive or take public transportation. Not only are they less physically fit than those who walk or bike to work (duh), but they’re also more prone to stress, exhaustion and missed work than “active” commuters, according to researchers. More
Exercising reduces stress, and being less stressed means getting more done, right? Kind of. A new study finds that exercising more is actually linked to less productivity in stressed-out workers. More
In many companies, “lunch” has devolved into a time of day when people scarf salads over keyboards and slurp coffee at meetings without feeling inappropriate; unless you work at home or don’t hold a full-time job, it’s becoming more and more standard to work nine, even 10 hours without taking a break longer than 15 minutes. Which is exactly what we shouldn’t be doing, according to a new study that says exercising during the workday improves productivity and reduces the number of sick days taken at work. More
At some point in our career, we’ve all worked for a Miranda Preistly (if you haven’t yet, don’t worry, she’s still out there). The high-powered magazine editor from hell played by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada may have exaggerated what a bitch on wheels (or bitch in heels, in this case) is like to work for, but I’ve been there, and she’s not that far off the mark. As much as your job can make you want to stick needles in the eyeballs of a voodoo doll of your boss at times, according to researchers, if we want a long and healthy life, we have to find a way to make nice with her. And that includes our co-workers too. More
