Overwork can kill

Overwork, stroke, and karoshi-death from overwork.

Karoshi, death from over-work, is usually the extreme result of acute cardiovascular events including stroke. Among 203 karoshi cases received worker compensation in Japan, sixty percent died of stroke. Karoshi is a term for social medicine originated form Japan. Literature reviews on karoshi found that long overtime at work, on duty in holidays, attending a new job with no family members aroun...

Can stress kill?

Although stress doesn?t usually lead directly to a person?s demise, long-term exposure can increase the chances of developing life-threatening conditions. Stress is an influential force that can either fuel someone through a public speaking engagement or make them feel sick to their stomach. When someone experiences stress, the body perceives a threat and responds with the "fight or flight" res...

Can lack of communication kill?

What you don't know can kill you.

Description: Practical, easy–to–follow advice that saves lives Based on the author's thirty years of hands–on experience working in the field of industrial fuel systems and combustion equipment safety, this book integrates safety codes with practical, tested, and proven guidance that makes it viable to specify, operate, and maintain industrial fuel and combustion systems as safely as possible. ...

What you don’t see can kill you.

Traumatic retroperitoneal hematoma is a potentially life-threatening condition associated with both blunt and penetrating injury mechanisms to the structures in that region.