Earlier, I posted about a UC Irvine study that showed the more hours you put in at work, the more likely you are to have high blood pressure. High Blood Pressure ravages the small blood vessels that feed the brain, and over time leads to many little holes in your gray and white matter that are quite obvious on MRI brain scans.

Came across a recent study entitled The Dangerous Allure of the 70-hour Workweek. Published in the Harvard Business Review, the article discusses how more and more people are finding themselves with “extreme jobs”.

• According to the study, 70 percent of these workers in the U.S. and 81 percent globally say their jobs undermine their health in terms of exercise, diet and the impact of stress. Nationally, 46 percent, and globally, 59 percent, say it gets in the way of their relationships.

Regardless of what these workers acknowledge, I suspect 100% are having their health and relationships undermined by their job.

An MSNBC article that commented on the HBR study goes on to say: “To get ahead, a 70-hour work week is the new standard”. In today’s competitive work world, with growing globalization, I suspect this is probably true…

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