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Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep at night? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a jaw-dropping 70 million Americans suffer from some type of sleep disorder. While some people brush off insomnia and similar conditions as being nothing more than a nuisance that impacts their energy levels, a new study suggests that it could also hurt your heart.Researchers at the Center for Cohort Studies at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University Scho …

Does your occupation leave you feeling stressed at the end of the day? Well, you aren't alone. According to a recent study conducted by Northwestern National Life, 40% of respondents said their job was "very or extremely stressful." SleepSleep (or lack thereof) will directly affect your stress levels. When you don't enough shut eye at night, you'll wake the following morning with higher stress levels. This is attributed to the fact that sleep helps to regulate the body's hormones, and when …

The majority of us sit at a desk all day long. Before we sit at that desk, we sit in the car on the way to work. Then we sit on the way home from work and then we sit after work until we go to bed at night. I would guess that some of you are actually sitting in excess of 12 hours per day. Many of you may have heard about the new big thing in office furniture - standing desks, some of you may already have one. But are they worthy of all the hype? Are there other options available? Before we tak …

A video depicting a constructing worker narrowly escaping a trench collapse has gone viral. The Oregon division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) posted the video to its YouTube account back in 2009. At the time, however, it only received a handful of views. But thanks to the power of social media networking, the video has now been viewed more than one million times.The video was taken by Tim Marcum, a former inspector for Oregon's OSHA. As Marcum approached the men wor …

No One Knows Who Started Labor DayHistorians generally have a pretty good idea of who was responsible for starting which holidays -- except for Labor Day that is. Some historians credit Peter J. McGuire, secretary for the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, for creating Labor Day. McGuire had allegedly wanted to create a special day to honor the nation's workers. Other historians, however, believe inventor and secretary for the International Association of Machinists Matthew Mcguire (differen …