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'Absolute clarity' key to make best use of time ****
Are you frantic about time? Most people would answer yes. Are you effective at time management? Fewer would reply in the affirmative.
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A working woman's clock: In a minute, there'll be time *
Apart from significant others, children, relatives, friends, bosses, co-workers, babysitters, and, oh, maybe hair stylists, most working mothers I know have another key relationship in their lives. It is fraught with emotional twists and turns, often dysfunctional, occasionally triumphant and usually inescapable.
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Anger linked to higher stroke risk in men, but not women *
Hotheaded men who explode with anger seem to be at greater risk of having a stroke or dying, new research shows. Their risk is even greater than men who are simply stressed-out Type A personalities.
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Canadian doctors suffering from burnout: study *
Almost half of Canadian doctors who responded to a questionnaire about their mental health are so exhausted, cynical and stressed that they suffer from "advanced stages of burnout," the Canadian Medical Association says.
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Canadian workers vacation-deprived *
"Work/life balance" may be a popular buzz phrase in the Canadian workplace, but a recent poll indicates employees are not living up to the leisure end of the equation.
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Caring for chronically ill can kill, new study says *
Everyone knows that caring for a chronically ill loved one is stressful, but new research shows that the unrelenting demands of caregiving can be so stressful that it damages the immune system and can also cause premature aging.
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Computer use, stress linked to RSI increase *
About 2.3 million Canadian adults suffer from repetitive-strain injuries, and almost one-third of them live in chronic pain, according to Statistics Canada.
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Defining the 'life' in my new lifestyle *
I used to envy those people who left the business world by choice. How different it is when the choice is not yours.
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Did you hear the one about the frontal lobe? *
Here is one more reason to dread getting older. Canadian researchers have found that as we age, we have more trouble getting jokes.
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Don't let your fear rule the workplace *
It underlies how many of us behave on the job, author ART HORN writes. Here's how to face, embrace and erase it. . .
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Don't make me schmooze before my Pretox *
Leah McLaren unearths the pre-festival preening rituals of the rich and fabulous.
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Exam stress and the cruellest month of the year *
Exam stress is getting worse for students, writes CAROLINE ALPHONSO...but relief may be just a stick of gum away...
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Excessive demands cause bulk of job stress: Statscan *
Working too many hours a day or in jobs that make too many demands on employee's time are the biggest sources of workplace stress, Statistics Canada says. But worries about job security have decreased since 1994, the report released Wednesday says.
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Feeling like a fraud *
'Impostor syndrome' leaves many high achievers convinced they're scamming everyone about their skills and will be unmasked-- evidence to the contrary be damned, SUSAN PINKER writes.
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Heart disease killing women, study finds *
Despite its reputation as a man's problem, heart disease now kills significantly more women than men, according to a new international study.
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Here's food for thought *
As university students hit the books, they might find that walnuts and fish oil help more than the traditional coffee and muffin, writes CAROLINE ALPHONSO.
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High anxiety *
Nervousness, panic and shyness are now part of the most-diagnosed group of mental illnesses -- and drug companies just happen to have an array of products to treat them. Is marketing the tail wagging this dog? ANNE McILROY investigates how anxiety became the new depression.
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How much job risk is reasonable? *
There are low-risk jobs and high-risk jobs, most fairly easy to identify. Police officers and soldiers, for example, are obviously in high-risk jobs, as are many construction workers. And while we would not, pre-SARS, have labelled all health care workers high-risk, we certainly do now.
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Indulge yourself. Chocolate is a healthy treat *
Those poor old fogies who lived back in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a scientist from the future says in Woody Allen's film Sleeper. "All that needless grief . . . If only they'd known that chocolate cake prevents cancer."
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Injured workers feel pressured to return early *
Many injured workers feel pressured to return to work before they are ready, a University of Toronto survey found.
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Job-related stress is a bother in Britain *
Nearly half of Britain's workers suffer from work-related stress, a new survey suggests.
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Loss of one's job called worse than divorce *
Losing your job causes more long-term damage than divorce or widowhood, according to an international team that spent 15 years studying the impact of unemployment on personal happiness.
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Maternal care influences future stress levels, study shows *
The way a mother cares for her baby can determine how stressed out the child will be as an adult because maternal nurturing can permanently change the way an infant's genes operate, according to a new study on rats that was led by a professor of medicine at McGill University in Montreal.
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Prescription for stress: Take time to smell the dollars *
A Statistics Canada study on job stress, reported last week in the journal Canadian Social Trends, ought to rivet the attention of Canadian economic and political leaders.
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Private grief, corporate comfort *
When a worker suffers a loss, the costs are both human and economic, writes KIRA VERMOND. So how should an employer respond?
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Profit is personal in non-profit jobs *
More executives are forgoing corporate salaries and perks for less lucrative but more self-satisfying not-for-profit roles, ANN KERR writes.
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Repetitive strains break down our bodies *
Here is a litmus test for anyone over the age of say, 30. At any social or professional gathering, announce you have this horrible neck/shoulder/back ache that just won't go away.
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Scratch one menopause myth *
A new study disputes the widely held notion that menopause makes women scatterbrained and forgetful.
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Sticking to a healthy lifestyle *
NHL coach Ken Hitchcock once weighed 475 pounds. Now a strict regimen helps him take on a pressure-filled career.
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Stress leave: Boon or bust? *
Taking time off to cope with stress-related problems may help you become a better employee, but it may not be healthy for your career. GABRIELLE BAUER looks into how to make a stress leave work
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Stress linked to obesity in school-age children *
British researchers have found a new explanation for soaring childhood obesity rates: stress.
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Stressed about university? Here's a radical solution *
One asked for the formula guaranteeing an A essay. No law school would look at him if his marks were Bs, and he could not conceive of any other destination after his bachelor of arts degree. Another, with four papers due on the same day, handed me a sheet of blank paper and asked that I make up a schedule to get her there.
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Stressing prevention *
At MDS Nordion, employees get more than Band-Aid wellness programs. 'People have to feel that you care'
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Student stress no higher than in 1995, study finds *
They've had to fight harder for a spot in university. Their tuition fees have escalated along with their personal debt with each passing year. So it would be expected that today's university student would be more stressed than ever before.
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Study highlights a new kind of gender gap *
Girls' lack of confidence on computers could hamper their job hopes and wages
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Suicidal tendencies: Holden Caulfield was tougher than you think *
Young adults with suicidal tendencies may be stronger and much more resilient than most of us believe.
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Survey finds men struggling with efforts to 'do it all' *
Women's Executive Network has long chronicled how tough it is for women to "do it all." This year, it decided to ask men how they are coping...
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Survivors of downsizing face deadly risks *
Employees who keep their jobs after a major downsizing double their risk of dying of heart disease, a new study suggests.
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The crushing cost of fear *
Phobias affect more Canadians than heart disease or diabetes. Like most disorders, they don't stay home when sufferers go to work.
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The lessons of diet doctor doom *
What's supposed to make you stronger can be a killer. HEATHER MALLICK explains why health's high command is cursed.
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The perils of school *
It is August, the time when students begin to agonize about returning to school. This year, the angst may have a more piquant flavour as recent studies have uncovered unexpected ways university students should be wary about how they lead their academic lives.
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Waiting makes us sicker, patients say *
Waiting too long for treatment can make patients sicker and more anxious, according to new research conducted on behalf of the Canadian Medical Association.
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Why women live longer *
If men dropped their risky ways and bad habits they would live just as long as women, suggests a major new report on women's health.
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Why women live longer: It's behaviour, not biology *
Canadian women outlive their male counterparts, but if you scratch below the surface, the situation isn't quite so rosy: Women suffer far more physical disabilities and more mental illness, and they are far more likely to live in pain and poverty, a new report says.
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Women run double risk of lung cancer *
Female smokers are twice as likely to develop lung cancer as their male counterparts, according to a new study.
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Workplace conditions cause lung ailments *
Workplace exposure to dust or fumes might account for up to a third of severe respiratory disease in the United States, a new survey says.
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Workplace health: No safety in the numbers *
Although disability claims are down, psychological problems in the workplace have become 'a growth industry,' reports KATHERINE HARDING
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'How will I cope?' First, by reaching out *
My patient looked out her window in the early autumn evening thinking that life was not only good, but couldn't be better.
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*Your Personal Trainer: 2005, Could this be the Year? *
Are you one of the millions who is considering making 2005 the year to "get fit?"
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evalu8.org's newest feature -- Deborah Ramsay and Up! Fitness *
Introducing evalu8.org's newest feature -- and our most recent "staff acquisition" -- Associate Editor, Fitness and Health and a highly qualified (BCRPA-Certified) Personal Trainer in her own right, Deborah Ramsay.
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Home hospital *
Looking for something for the hypochondriac in your life? TRALEE PEARCE examines some of the latest medical gadgets aimed at tapping into an aging population's growing obsession.
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How to win at Happy Families *
There is a card game called Happy Families. The rules involve assembling the 11 families extant in 44 cards so that each has a mother, father, daughter and son. The player asking for a card must say "please" and the receiver "thank you," or there's a penalty.
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Sanity Savers: The Canadian Working Woman's Guide to Almost Having it All ****
ISBN:0075605392
Author:Ann Douglas
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., $21.99 (CAD)
This comforting and humorous book is full of innovative solutions to help balance busy days. Offers advice from more than 200 diverse professionals plus tips and anecdotes from real life working women. Ready to hit the panic button? This book's for you!
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