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Across our curated articles on health, you'll find a range of guides, research studies, and actionable tips on sleep, how to stay healthy in the workplace, when you travel and work remotely.
Tim Harford
The surprising public health benefit of unemployment
Here’s a discovery to bring you up short: unemployment is good for you. Really? Well, no, not really. But a new …
Career HealthGallup
Employing Others Is Linked to Wealth and Wellbeing
U.S. owner-employers have better life outcomes than other entrepreneurs.
Health WorkThe Guardian
Workplace AI, robots and trackers are bad for quality of life, study finds
Exposure to new technologies including trackers, robots and AI-based software at work is bad for people’s quality of …
Future of Work HealthEl País
Working more than 55 hours a week kills 750,000 people a year worldwide
Almost 7% of annual deaths are linked to employment, according to a report by the International Labor Organization. Mortality …
Health WorkBBC
A daytime nap is good for the brain
Regularly finding time for a little snooze is good for our brain and helps keep it bigger for longer, say University College …
HealthFortune
Remote Work Does A Body Good
In the post-pandemic age, employees expect some measure of freedom and autonomy, whether that’s working fully remote or …
Health Remote WorkThe New York Times
Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It's Time to Fix That.
This week, for the first time, I will be proposing a national framework to rebuild social connection and community in …
HealthBustle
Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong?
A term suggesting rock bottom stops meaning rock bottom when we’re all there and, somehow, still going.
Health WorkHacker News
How do you navigate Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Now that the sun is setting earlier with daylight savings time, I’m finding that I struggle with the increased hours of …
HealthBBC
The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep
Not getting enough sleep can lead to a vicious circle of over-eating and further sleep deprivation, but it may be possible to …
HealthTechnical.ly
Vacation isn't the answer to employee burnout
A stunning 89% of employees report experiencing burnout this year, according to a survey released this week. Most worrying in …
Health WorkWorld Economic Forum
The surprising toll open-plan offices have on our mental health
We’ve found a significant causal relationship between open-plan office noise and physiological stress.
Our results show …
Health WorkBBC
The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work
Being chronically bored at work can have damaging consequences – and we need to talk about it more, say experts.
Health WorkNPR
Stuck In A Rut? Sometimes Joy Takes A Little Practice
During the pandemic, many people have felt their mental health decline. The problem has hit essential workers and young …
HealthNPR
Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds
Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health …
Health WorkThe New Yorker
Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?
As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.
HealthBBC
Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds
The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours.
The …
Health WorkBBC
Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?
Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Given what we know about …
Health WorkDynomight
Better air is the easiest way not to die
While most things that clearly improve health are well known, one is insanely underrated: Fixing your air. I suspect this is …
HealthThe Wall Street Journal
You're Going Back to the Office. What Happens to Your Nap Habit?
Working remotely has made taking an afternoon snooze a lot easier, and it won’t be easy to give up. ‘I will …
HealthThe New Yorker
Is the Pandemic Breaking Our Backs?
Test-driving a batch of posture-enhancing devices that are supposed to make you stand tall.
Health WorkInsider
Japan has appointed a 'Minister of Loneliness' after seeing suicide rates in the country increase for the first time in 11 years
Japan has appointed a “Minister of Loneliness” to take try and reduce loneliness and social isolation among its …
Health LifeDeloitte
Deloitte research reveals significant return on investment for workplace mental health programs
Median annual ROI more than double for every dollar spent by companies with programs in place for more than three years.
Health WorkThe Onion
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back
In an effort to help working individuals improve their fitness and well-being, experts at the Mayo Clinic issued a new set of …
HealthLiterary Hub
Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)
Ever since the discovery that light—and particularly blue light—can suppress melatonin and alter the timing of our circadian …
Health WorkElemental
Dancing May Be the Best Form of Exercise
The trouble with exercise is that it’s easy to avoid. Only 23% of American adults meet the federal recommendations for …
HealthForbes
How One CEO Used His Experience With Burnout To Better Support His Employees' Mental Health
I interviewed Joel and Courtney Seiter, Buffer’s director of people, to learn more about Joel’s personal …
Health Remote WorkDistributed.blog
Leadership Coach Leo Widrich on Emotional Wellness for Distributed Workers
In this episode, Leo shares tips for distributed workers on how to build healthy habits and avoid the “loneliness …
Health Podcast Remote WorkCityLab
Living Near Trees, Not Just Green Space, Improves Wellbeing
New research finds that, when a neighborhood’s green space leads to better health outcomes, tree canopy provides most …
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