Many studies have linked employee health to workplace conditions but a new Swedish study called WOLF, involving more than 3200 men aged 19 to 70 without pre-existing ischemic heart disease who were working in Stockholm, suggested a significant effect of concrete managerial skills on employee heart disease risk .
All the participants were asked to rate the leadership style of their senior managers on competencies, researchers found that the poorer the men rated their boss's leadership ability, the higher the risk of heart disease. The risk increased the longer the men worked in the same stressful environment.
The lead researcher said "Enhancing managers' skills -- regarding providing employees with information, support, power in relation to responsibilities, clarity in expectations, and feedback -- could have important stress-reducing effects on employees and enhance the health at workplaces".
Source: Nyberg A, et al "Managerial leadership and ischaemic heart disease among employees: the Swedish WOLF study" Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2008; DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.039362. (See BBC link )
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Moderate drinking and exercise lower heart disease risk
Multiple news sources reported a study that found those who drank moderate amounts of alcohol and exercised regularly had reduced risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD).
In this prospective cohort study of 12,000 Danish people who had no pre-existing IHD, the researchers investigated the combined effects of exercise and weekly alcohol consumption on death from heart disease and deaths from any cause, followed up for 20 years.
The authors said this is one of the first to have looked at the combined effects of both alcohol and exercise on the heart. Conclusion: "Leisure-time physical activity and a moderate weekly alcohol intake are both important to lower the risk of fatal IHD and all-cause mortality."
Source: "The combined influence of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol intake on fatal ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality" European Heart Journal 2008 29(2):204-212
In this prospective cohort study of 12,000 Danish people who had no pre-existing IHD, the researchers investigated the combined effects of exercise and weekly alcohol consumption on death from heart disease and deaths from any cause, followed up for 20 years.
The authors said this is one of the first to have looked at the combined effects of both alcohol and exercise on the heart. Conclusion: "Leisure-time physical activity and a moderate weekly alcohol intake are both important to lower the risk of fatal IHD and all-cause mortality."
Source: "The combined influence of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol intake on fatal ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality" European Heart Journal 2008 29(2):204-212
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