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Recent Study Reveals the Career Fields Most Likely to Cause Poor Pregnancy Outcomes

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Surprisingly, however, it was those in health and social work who “showed the highest risk of no live births,” while those in manufacturing and health and social work had similar rates of risk for “early abortive outcomes” like miscarriage, “compared with financial and insurance jobs.” One of the study authors, Jung-won Yoon, M.D.,

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Biophilic design has a long history and an even bigger future

Workplace Insight

There are plenty of definitions of the modish concept of biophilic design around right now. Nor is its application in the built environment. The centre piece is a plant covered tower which the firm says emphasises its commitment to the environment and biophilic design. trillion a year in terms of improved mental health alone.

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Bullying and the Effect on Your Brain

Bonnie Low-Krayman

Bullying is becoming a medical issue in the workplace, especially for assistants. In my work training Executive Assistants all over the world, they report stories of colleagues who intimidate and create a hostile work environment through incivility. The damage is visible on brain scans.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

Ideas.Ted

For over 50 years, society has agreed that the brain is defined by its right (emotional thinking) and left (rational thinking) sides, but Bolte-Taylor believes that this definition is too reductive. Environment journalist Emma Marris invites readers to go with her on a global tour of researchers working in different habitats.

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Answering Reader Mail: I Got Really Sick Before An Interview & Still Went. Did I Make The Right Choice?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

However, I could definitely tell something was really wrong. However, since my readers are recent college graduates, those who have been in the industry for a long time, or new to being in a professional environment, I want to be as thorough as possible. I don’t know if I ate something bad or just had some sort of reaction.

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Are you Sabotaging Your Productivity? The Most Productive Lunch.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  When I used to work in a corporate environment, I almost always ate at my desk.  This topic came back up the other day as I was working with an extremely successful medical professional.    thekla_richter I definitely step away for lunch, if only for a 15-minute break. Up now: The Flintstones.

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5 Whole-Brain Design Strategies To Make Your Workplace More Innovative And Efficient

Allwork

al, 2013 ) improve efficiency and boost productivity ( JLL, 2022 ) have prompted us to expand our definition of “universal design” to address the needs of people with neurodivergent conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia and Tourette Syndrome.