Working long
hours can be bad for your health, particularly if you are a woman. Researchers at Ohio State University have found that women whose work weeks averaged longer than 60 hours for three decades were three times as likely to suffer from diabetes, cancer, heart trouble and arthritis than women who worked less than 40 hours. An Ohio State news release reports that health risks begin to climb when women put in more than 40 hours and they take a decidedly bad turn above 50 hours. The study, which used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, which includes interviews with more than 12,000 Americans born between 1957 and 1964, found that men are much less affected by long hours. In fact, while men who worked long hours had a higher incidence of arthritis, those who worked moderately long hours (41 to 50 hours weekly) had lower risk of heart disease, lung disease and depression than those who worked 40 hours or fewer. Why the difference? The researchers point out that for many women, work never stops; it just changes to different tasks when they get home.
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