occupational risk
Quiet Please…Life Underwriting Expert Witness Personal Branding Exercise in Progress
Only Your Brand Will Save You – Dorie Clark – Harvard Business Review
Starting today, think about how you can own your niche and build your audience. If you care about insuring yourself against hard times, the only true safety is in developing a personal brand that’s better known — and therefore more powerful — than that of your competitors, or even your employer.
Intern Nation – Book Reviews
Death Squads are Back in Central America
High Noise Levels and CHD
There are several ways in which noise could contribute to cardiovascular events, according to the researchers. One is through the development of isolated diastolic hypertension, which has been shown to independently predict CHD and is more common among younger individuals.
The stress caused by loud noise also might lead to activation of the endocrine and sympathetic nervous systems, resulting in vasoconstriction, occlusion, and plaque disruption, they explained.
A limitation of the study was the possibility of selection bias. Workers who don’t tolerate noise or who have cardiovascular disease could have moved to other, less stressful jobs — or could have died while still in their noisy jobs.
Fish Kill Update 09.18.2010
Guest Post: What’s Going On In The Gulf? « naked capitalism
Oil? What oil?
There are two links near the bottom of this article concerning possible human health consequences from the spill. We now know about the respiratory and possible cancer issues of 9/11 survivors and workers having inhaled lots of stuff. Pay attention to your Gulf Shore applicants for unusual rashes or symptoms.
Suicides Up for Border Patrol
AP IMPACT: Border Patrol sees spike in suicides | NewsOK.com
The rate of suicides nationally is about 12 per 100,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Law enforcement rates are about 20 per 100,000, while the Border Patrol’s pace has the agency hovering in the upper 20s to low 30s per 100,000.
Thought For Today – 5/15/10
I know people have been asking about drinking and being diabetic, and it’s a very honest question,” he blogged. “Here is the honest answer, and this is the truth: when I say ‘party’ and ‘let’s have fun,’ I’m one of those guys that just likes to have a great time. I’m not a belligerent drunk. I don’t need to drink. … For a diabetic … it’s a double whammy because here’s what happens with alcohol: when you’re hung-over then you don’t eat right, you don’t take your insulin right. So it’s best to stay away. But, I pick and choose my times when I’m going to have fun.
Reality star and aging rocker Bret Michaels, just weeks before his cerebral hemorrhage.
Alcohol Comsumption Behavior in Large Groups
The Spread of Alcohol Consumption Behavior in a Large Social Network — Ann Intern Med
Conclusion: Network phenomena seem to influence alcohol consumption behavior. This has implications for clinical and public health interventions and further supports group-level interventions to reduce problematic drinking.
So…it’s your friends…
Stress Increases IHD Risk in Women
On-the-job pressure significantly increases the likelihood that women will develop ischemic heart disease, a large Danish study found.
Compared with women who felt their workplace pressure was suitable, those who reported that the pressure was much too high had a nearly 50% increased risk of developing ischemic heart disease (HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.88), according to Karen Allesøe, PhD, and colleagues from Glostrup University Hospital.
You must be logged in to post a comment.