I was sitting in a Pathology class yesterday listening to my lecturer talk about cardiovascular disorders and I couldn’t help but feel despondent. Why? Because as I sat there with my “shift-working-thinking-cap-on” lifestyle factors kept coming up in conversation...
How to stay healthy when you work 24/7 has got to be the million dollar question asked by shift workers everywhere, because let’s face it – shift work is a really tough occupation. And the harsh reality is that staff turnover within a workplace can be very...
One of the down sides of having to work a 24/7 roster encompassing some pretty ruthless and irregular hours, is that we are prone to attracting some pretty nasty infections. One of which of course is the dreaded cold and flu. The headaches and/or body aches; runny...
As the weeks, months and years go by; do you feel like you’re getting older or younger? Sound like a silly question? Perhaps so – particularly when you have to work some pretty erratic hours which are undeniably hazardous on your health. But what if I was to ask you a...
Overnutrition – is there really such a thing? Can you really have too much of a good thing? You bet and it’s when you eat so much food that your body has no choice but to store the excess in your tissues as FAT. You see as much as you would like to think so, no...
