Today's job requires working long hours, often stretching into late nights. Several jobs also require doing night shift duties. With increased internet connectivity, there is a boon to communication. However, it has also blurred the boundaries of "work time" and "leisure time". It is common to see people bringing work to home.
At home, instead of relaxing, they remain busy on "business calls" on their smartphones, or work on "projects" on their laptops. While all these long and unearthly hours of work have increased their productivity making these employees "valuable assets" to the company; it has also taken a big toll on their health. A recent study, published in NEUROLOGY Journal (Nov 2015) has shown a significantly higher risk of brain stroke in people with high strain jobs. The risk was higher for ischemic stroke (where the blood supply to a part of brain gets blocked), resulting in…
