OVERWORK - YOUR DEATH SENTENCE?

​Longer working days as triggered by COVID-19 pandemic may well have major impact on health and life, as indicated in this elaboration. Scientifically verified.  Read on to learn about details.

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND

​Working for extended hours may well lead to professional and economic success. A situation we are familiar with from the past up to now. Still, there is some kind of new development we are facing since Corona pandemic has hit. Inter alia, geographically, as many preferred working at home to avoid infection by social distancing voluntarily, or as a kind of ordered lockdown.
Working longer than 8 hours per day in many cases.
 
According to the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research the length of average workdays extended almost 50 minutes as a result. Leading in many cases to burnout. With special reference to healthcare professionals and emergency responders. According to research at the National University Health System in Singapore.
 
Along with stress-related symptoms such as

• reduced efficacy professionally
• feeling of exhaustion
• feeling cynical or at least negative toward the job

according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
 
And with unfavorable consequence on the health of our body and mind.

IMPACT ON HEALTH AND LIFE – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED
​​

Working longer per day and week may lead, inter alia, to
 

• Depression

 
as based on international research at, inter alia,
- Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden
- University of Parma in Parma, Italy&
- James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia 

Another potentially negative consequence may be
 

• High blood pressure

 
as based on research in the U.S. at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 
Not to forget that this stress-related burnout may also be linked to
 

• Diabetes

 
According to research in Netherland at
- VU University Amsterdam in Amsterdam
​    &
- Tilburg University in Tilburg  

As well as
 

• Digestive problems

 
as identified at l'Hôpital Saint-Eloi in Montpellier, France

Also, this stress-related burnout may increase the production of the hormone cortisol in the body with the risk of
 

• Heart attack

 
           and
 

• Stroke

 
according to scientific findings at
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Bradenton, Florida
   &
- Mary Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania  

More than that.

Based on research at, inter alia,
- University of California in Irvine, California
   & 
- Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvaniaby
heart this situation may lead to premature
 

• Mortality

 
As, according to World Health Organization (WHO), working 55 hours per week or more may increase the risk of stroke by 35% and the risk of death from heart disease by 17%. 

IN A NUTSHELL

Longer working days as triggered by COVID-19 pandemic may well have major impact on health and life, as indicated in this elaboration. Scientifically verified.  
 

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MEDIVCAL ADAGE OF THE WEEK​

“We are not dealing with disease but with wrong lifestyle.
Let's adjust our lifestyle in line with nature
and disease will vanish in no time.”
 
Dr. Are Waerland
Finnish physician
(1876-1955)