Category Archives: Health Care
Learning To Work With Your Immune System
The immune system is much less about exercising power than it is about finding balance. You can help train and maintain it. Here’s how. https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/improve-your-immune-system?utm_source=sharetools&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website&emc=eta1
The Impact of Ageing on Sleep
It seems like every day we learn more about the importance of a full night of beneficial and restorative sleep; we understand that it impacts every portion of our lives and without it, we are vulnerable to a myriad of … Continue reading
Are You Sitting Too Much?
In recent years there have been numerous articles written about the physical toll of being sedentary. Excessive sitting is associated with 34 chronic diseases and conditions! Studies show that sitting too much has been linked to cardiovascular events like heart attack, … Continue reading
Take a breath and relax….
So begins an article by Sumathi Reddy published in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week. How many times have you been given or have you given that advice over the years? Did you know that behind that simple phrase … Continue reading
Pick Up Your Feet and Walk!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported good news with regard to walking-more Americans are doing it! The percentage of adults who went on a 10 minute walk once a week increased from 56% in 2005 to … Continue reading
Wellness Programs and Social Media
Social media is proving to be an important tool for employers trying to encourage their employees to participate in Wellness Programs or to achieve weight/health goals. With much of the population looking at text messages, Facebook and Twitter each day, … Continue reading
Preventing Cardiovascular Events
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the United States. Several studies have reported a higher prevalence of coronary risk factors among rotating shift workers. Continue reading
Come On….Get up and Stretch or Walk Around a Little Bit
Two studies show that getting up from your desk or from the couch even for just a few minutes every hour or so greatly reduces the risk of heart disease. Continue reading
Want Happy Memories this Holiday Season? Consider Scrimping on Sleep!
sleep deprivation can help eliminate bad memories Continue reading
Getting on the Right Team
Shift work jobs require teamwork and teams with socially sensitive team members perform better. Continue reading
A Primer of Sleep Disorders for Shift Workers
The DSM is being rewritten with the new DSM-5 expected to be published in 2013. There are many new proposals regarding sleep disorders in the new version of the encyclopedia of psychiatric disorders. Many shift workers are impacted by sleep disorders. Continue reading
Extra Sleep Improves Performance, Alertness and Mood
By substantially increasing their length of sleep, people will experience decreased daytime sleepiness and fatigue and feel increased vigor. Continue reading
Employee Health and Shift Work Lifestyle Training Leads to a Happier and Healthier Workforce….and to Increased Company Profits!
Shift workers are especially at risk for cardiovascular disease. CSX Transportation and its employees focused in on this issue and dramatically reduced their employees risk of heart disease. And, this had a positive impact on reducing the company’s health insurance costs. Employee health and shift work lifestyle training does help employees improve their health and improve company profits. Continue reading
What’s Green and Beige and Eaten All Over?
Potassium is important for shift workers as it helps boost seratonin levels. Shift workers often suffer from reduced levels of seratonin causing them to be moody and sometimes depressed. Bananas are also another good source. Continue reading
Next Time Don’t Complain, Tell a Joke Instead!
Almost all serial killers are men. That’s ’cause women like to kill one man slowly over many, many years. (Robert Duchaine) —————————— Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go the bathroom … Continue reading