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News: Working long hours increases risk for heart disease: Overtime work is bad for the heart Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study following more than 10,000 civil servants in London (UK): the Whitehall II study. Read more |
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The association between long hours and coronary heart disease appears to be independent of a range of risk factors such as smoking, being overweight, or having high cholesterol. |
May 2010
Dear
friends,
The English philosopher Bertrand Russell, born in 1870 and a Nobel Prize winner in 1950 once said: "If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considers work important."
Well today we know and understand much too well what the philosopher had in mind. Overtime working was long suspected to be bad for the physical and mental well being of people.
The burn out syndrome is threatening in our times more than ever any person who does not know how to be protected from excessive working hours.
Now new research scientifically shows that overtime working generates a higher risk for serious heart disease such as coronary heart disease which is responsible for angina, heart attack, cardiac insufficiency and death.
Why too many working hours lead to heart disease? Well this is a crucial question and the researchers point out to the capital role of stress, lack of sleep, depression and characteristics of type A personality.
Read more about the relation of overtime working and increased risk for heart disease in the article Working long hours increases risk for heart disease: Overtime work is bad for the heart that you will find attached with our 88th Progressive Insurance Newsletter.
It is true that we are far from understanding everything concerning the consequences of overtime working and diseases caused to the human body and soul. However it is very important to give the due importance to this issue.
Even more, any working person who is overloaded or overwhelmed by the daily tasks and chores assigned to him or her and who has symptoms that evoke a heart or other health related problem should not omit asking the advice of the doctor. Additionally the doctors should not neglect to check in such patients whether their problems originate from too much work, exhaustion or a burnout syndrome.
Takis A. Haggiandreou
Director
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Research showed that working three to four hours overtime (but not one to two hours) was associated with a 60% higher rate of coronary heart disease compared with no overtime work. |
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