12 May, 2015

Have your stress levels increased? Blame it on your E-mail!

There’s no doubt that smart phones have made our lives easy. We can get in touch with our loved ones, check our emails just with a touch. But., this over usage of technology is bound to have its side effects. There are many studies that have previously linked social media apps like Whatsapp and Facebook t o increasing stress levels and other health problems. Now, a new study has claimed that being continuously hooked to checking emails can also cause stress and have adverse effects like hypertension, thyroid disease, heart failure and coronary artery disease.
The study advises people to reduce the volume of irrelevant and untargeted email and cut the frequency of checking new emails.

‘Multifunctional devices like Blackberry’s and iPhones allow workers to be accessible 24-hours a day and because of this, it is likely that there will be an increase in stress levels,’ said Professor Tom Jackson from Loughborough University’s school of Business and Economics. Many employees do not realise that they are stressed. During the study, users perceived themselves not to be stressed when the physiological findings showed their bodies were under increased stress.

This would indicate that employees might find it difficult to self-regulate their use of communication media to ensure they do not become overwhelmed by stress. ‘This can lead to long-term chronic health conditions,’ added Jackson, also one of the Britain’s top email experts, in a statement. However, Jackson argues that email is not a bad communication tool but that poor email training and management is the problem. Not only does this have health implications, but also a financial cost for businesses.

‘It is recommended that communication managers or others responsible for email policy and management examine their email policies and develop a ‘snapshot’ of how their employees use an email,’ the authors wrote. Such information will provide an organisation with a useful foundation from which to build their training to increase the effectiveness of their employees.

Jackson has also developed an email training tool to help employers train their staff in the best way to use email to boost productivity and reduce stress.

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

12.05.2015

100 doctors witness live streaming of bariatric surgery

100 doctors from different hospitals witnessed a bariatric surgery performed live at Apollo Hospital, Perungudi in Chennnai on Saturday. The live streaming of the operation was done so that other doctors could benefit from the experience as part of their medical education.  The operation performed by Prem Kumar Balachandran was streamed using Reliance Jio’s ‘Jionet’ high-speed Wi-Fi internet service.

‘Ability to do live-streaming of surgical procedure is an essential requirement for medical training and we believe that harnessing technology in this way will eventually become a core component of medical education system,’ Sanjay Mashruwala, managing director, Reliance Jio was quoted as saying in a statement.

What is bariatric surgery?

Bariatric surgery is a surgery that is performed on obese people. The surgery removes a portion of their stomach, which in turn reduces food intake and lead to weight loss.

Obesity is a serious problem in India. According to Apollo Hospitals, around 25 percent of India’s population are overweight out of which nine percent are morbidly obese.  

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

12.05.2015

At every moment of our life we have an opportunity to choose joy

Henri J.M. Nouwen