According to a health academic, the increasing ‘stress epidemic’ in the present day workforce is attributable to factors other than deteriorating work conditions.

As the H1N1 swine flu virus spreads rapidly through the Northern Hemisphere, doctors and other health care professionals face a heavier-than-usual workload. Even without a flu pandemic, studies show, up to 60 percent of physicians in the United States suffer to some degree from "burnout" - physical and emotional exhaustion. The stress on doctors can cause medical mistakes, so the universities that train America's doctors are looking for ways to prevent burnout.

Twenty minutes per day of guided workplace meditation and yoga combined with six weekly group sessions can lower feelings of stress by more than 10 percent and improve sleep quality in sedentary office employees, a pilot study suggests.

The majority of the 650,000 employees from Quebec's manufacturing sector – specifically those working in metallurgy and sawmilling – are exposed to noise levels that exceed governmental norms.

Fourteen percent of American workers have experienced desk rage episodes on the job. "Mastery of vision" is one key to successful workplace leadership - and "desk rage" prevention.

Overcoming inhibitions, dealing with over-dominant players, and keeping participants fully engaged are -- surprise! -- workplace meeting problems easily solved by new software that automates workplace collegiality. Full disclosure through anonymity is key.

Environmental changes implemented at 12 Dow Chemical Company worksites helped employees' there achieve modest improvements in health risks, including weight management, decreasing tobacco use and blood pressure, says Emory University public health researcher Ron Goetzel, PhD.

Worker mental and physical well-being are influenced by gender in the workplace, according to a study that analyzed the impact of supervisor and subordinate gender on health.

Teamworking and other modern employment practices can put as much strain on a woman’s family relationships as working an extra 120 hours a year, an extensive study of the British workforce funded by the Economic and Social Research Council suggests.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a mechanical fatigue process that eventually leads to cracks and breakdown in bulk silicon crystals—a phenomenon that’s particularly interesting because it long has been thought not to exist.

Older workers generally report low levels of work-related stress, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of older workers.

Considerable attention, both in blogs and in popular media, has been given to abusive bosses over the past few years. Less discussed are employees’ responses to such behavior. How do employees react to abusive supervisors" Do they simply take what is dished out, or do they actively seek to change the situation"