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Office initiative reduces headaches at work

Office staff who took part in an eight-month workplace initiative reported that headaches and neck and shoulder pain fell by more than 40 per cent and their use of painkillers halved, according to research published in the May issue of Cephalalgia.

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How job strain influences our health

When faced with long hours at work, women snack more on high-fat, high-sugar treats, consume more caffeine and exercise less, finds a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

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Big boys don’t cry

When it comes to our emergency and protective services personnel, we like them tough. Not only physically tough, but also mentally tough. We don’t expect the fire brigade, police, various rescue agencies or our armed services to fall in a heap under stress. We expect them to tough out those difficult times. Psychologists call this toughness under stress, psychological hardiness.

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Beat work stress with a happy marriage

If you want to cope better with stress at work, the trick is to be married. However, you not only want to be married, you want to be happily married. That’s the suggestion from a new University of California study that tracked levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, among thirty Los Angeles married, parenting couples, with both partners working full time.

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Have a real break: forget the phone

Employees who detach from their back-home work situation benefit the most from their vacation. Moreover, these individuals are less likely to experience job burnout. It’s the ones who can’t detach from the constant flow of job demands that are most likely to burnout.

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