Working 55-hours a week increases risk of death, UN says
Monday May 17 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that in 2016, at least 398,000 people died from a stroke and 347,000 from heart disease after working for about 55 hours per week. PHOTO/COURTESY
Summary
Working 55 hours or more per week was associated with an estimated 35 percent increase in the risk of suffering a stroke, and a 17 percent rise in the risk of dying from ischemic heart disease, compared to working 35 to 40 hours- the report shows.
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Working more than 55 hours a week increases the risk of death from heart disease and strokes, according to a United Nations (UN) study out Monday.
IN thing is ‘burnout,’ ” a
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Freudenberger died in 1999 at the age of seventy-three. His obituary in the
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People working long hours at higher risks of stroke, heart disease: study
Xinhua
17 May 2021, 23:44 GMT+10
GENEVA, May 17 (Xinhua) Long working hours accounted for 745,000 deaths in 2016, responsible for a third of the work-related hazards as people working more than 55 hours per week have higher risks of stroke and heart disease, according to a joint study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) published Monday. In 2016, 39,800 people lost their lives from long-hour work-induced strokes and 347,000 had coronary heart diseases (heart arteries being blocked) for the same reasons, an increase of 29 percent since 2000, the joint study found.
Going home: COVID sparks Chinese exodus from Italian textile town
Prato s Chinese community s civil protection unit prepare to disinfect the house of a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Chinese district in Prato, Italy May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Silvia Ognibene reuters tickers
This content was published on May 17, 2021 - 14:31
May 17, 2021 - 14:31
By Silvia Ognibene
PRATO, Italy (Reuters) - An unexpected victim of the coronavirus crisis is one of Italy s largest Chinese communities, now dwindling rapidly after more than 30 years of growth in a small town in Tuscany.
The Chinese began to settle in Prato, 11 miles (17 km) north of Florence, around the end of the 1980s, attracted by plentiful work in factories serving Italy s clothing industry.