Lifestyle

Thought For Today – 5/15/10

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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.

No Jobs = Strategy

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The Strategic Imperative Not to Hire Anybody – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review

While companies may be doing the strategically correct thing by refusing to hire, the collective result is, of course, a catastrophe. Corporations may have concluded that they can grow profits without adding to their ranks, but meanwhile the proportion of the work force un- or underemployed approaches 20%.

Stress Increases IHD Risk in Women

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Medical News: Work Stress Adds to Women’s Heart Disease Risk – in Cardiovascular, Prevention from MedPage Today

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.

Lifestyle Underwriting – Update 4/27/10

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Arch Intern Med — Abstract: Influence of Individual and Combined Health Behaviors on Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Men and Women: The United Kingdom Health and Lifestyle Survey, April 26, 2010, Kvaavik et al. 170 (8): 711

The effect of combined health behaviors was strongest for other deaths and weakest for cancer mortality. Those with 4 compared with those with no poor health behaviors had an all-cause mortality risk equivalent to being 12 years older.

Stay Active Stay Healthy

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Arch Intern Med — Abstract: Physical Activity at Midlife in Relation to Successful Survival in Women at Age 70 Years or Older, January 25, 2010, Sun et al. 170 (2): 194

Methods – A total of 13 535 Nurses’ Health Study participants who were free of major chronic diseases at baseline in 1986 and had survived to age 70 years or older as of the 1995-2001 period made up the study population. We defined successful survival as no history of 10 major chronic diseases or coronary artery bypass graft surgery and no cognitive impairment, physical impairment, or mental health limitations.

Conclusion – These data provide evidence that higher levels of midlife physical activity are associated with exceptional health status among women who survive to older ages and corroborate the potential role of physical activity in improving overall health.