Remote Working – ResumeBear Blog Post

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I found this fascinating quote today from a post highlighting a survey done by Microsoft:

A growing interest in remote working has been spurred in part by rising energy costs, environmental concerns and the recent economic crisis. Remote working is widely understood to provide companies with access to a larger talent pool, improve productivity, and lower overhead for items such as workstation space, common office space, insurance, utilities, maintenance and parking. However, today’s survey results suggest business leaders need to do more to encourage adoption to realize these benefits.ResumeBear Blog, Mar 2009

You should read the whole article.

OKC is on the list of best midsize cities for remote workers.

AF + DM = 61% Greater Risk of All-Cause Mortality

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Medical News: Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Poor Outcome in Diabetes – in Cardiovascular, Diabetes from MedPage Today

Among the findings:

  • Over 4.3 years of follow-up, 879 patients died and 53% of those deaths were from cardiovascular causes
  • 15% of the deaths occurred in patients with atrial fibrillation
  • Atrial fibrillation was associated with a 77% risk of cardiovascular death (P<0.0001) and a 68% increase in risk of death from heart failure (P=0.0002) over the course of the study
  • Atrial fibrillation was associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke (P=0.0006)
  • 26% of patients with atrial fibrillation at baseline were on anticoagulant therapy
  • Among patients taking oral anticoagulant therapy at baseline, the “adjusted HRs associated with [atrial fibrillation] were 2.16 (95% CI 1.15 to 4.07; P=0.02) and 2.32 (95% CI 1.06 to 5.12, P=0.04) for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death, respectively.”