四級(jí)閱讀：白領(lǐng)加班謹(jǐn)慎 超11小時(shí)易患心臟病

　　Overworked: New research has found that those who work 11-hour days or more increase their chance of a heart attack by two thirds If you’re about to embark on your usual 12-hour day at the office, you might want to pause a while – a few hours, actually. A study has found that those who spend more than 11 hours at work increase their chance of having a heart attack by two thirds.

　　沉溺在職場中，終年暗無天日搏命的職場白領(lǐng)們又要注意了，雖然已經(jīng)了解到了很多“養(yǎng)生小常識(shí)”，比如：綠茶抗癌、如何防止中風(fēng)等等，但是下面一個(gè)數(shù)字可以又算是給已經(jīng)“雪上加霜”的白領(lǐng)們當(dāng)頭一棒：專家發(fā)現(xiàn)，每日工作超過11小時(shí)，患心臟病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)增加67%!也就是說，每日倘若超過11小時(shí)工作，有三分之二的工作狂們有可能“提前”進(jìn)入心臟病患者的行列。The team from University College London looked at more than 7,000 civil servants working in Whitehall over a period of 11 years and established how many hours they worked on average a day. They also collected information including the condition of their heart from medical records and health checks. Over the period, a total of 192 had suffered a heart attack. But the study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that those who worked more than 11 hours a day were 67 per cent more likely to have one than those who had a ‘nine to five’ job.

　　這組研究數(shù)字并不是草草得出的結(jié)論，據(jù)悉，英國倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院的研究團(tuán)隊(duì)對(duì)7000名在“白廳(英國)”工作的“英國公務(wù)員”進(jìn)行了長達(dá)11年的跟蹤觀察，專家們研究他們平均每日工作需要多少時(shí)間，從而和他們的健康狀況做出相應(yīng)的聯(lián)系，專家們還對(duì)他們的心臟狀況做了相應(yīng)的記錄。在長達(dá)11年的時(shí)間中，總共有192名被實(shí)驗(yàn)者經(jīng)歷過心臟病，或者有過心臟病的“體驗(yàn)”。在《內(nèi)科醫(yī)學(xué)的雜志年報(bào)》上，專家們統(tǒng)計(jì)出了驚人的數(shù)據(jù)，那些工作長達(dá)11小時(shí)，或者超過11小時(shí)的公務(wù)員，有67%或者更多有可能患上心臟病。這個(gè)工作時(shí)間是與那些擁有著“朝九晚五”工作的人相比的。

　　Professor Mika Kivim?ki, who led the study, said: ‘We have shown that working long days is associated with a remarkable increase in risk of heart disease. ‘Considering that including a measurement of working hours in a GP interview is so simple and useful, our research presents a strong case that it should become standard practice. ‘This new information should help improve decisions regarding medication for heart disease.

　　引導(dǎo)該實(shí)驗(yàn)的教授Mika Kivim?ki說：“我們經(jīng)過研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，長時(shí)間的工作大幅度地增加患心臟病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，我們這項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)的數(shù)據(jù)為以后的相關(guān)研究提供了重要的佐證，有可能會(huì)成為此領(lǐng)域的一個(gè)重要的衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。此外，這項(xiàng)數(shù)據(jù)可以幫助我們在為心臟病患者開處方的時(shí)候提供更多以前不曾注意到的證據(jù)，對(duì)藥量也有重大影響�！�

　　‘It could also be a wake-up call for people who over-work themselves, especially if they already have other risk factors,’ Professor Kivim?ki added. Around 2.6million Britons have heart disease, where the organ’s blood supply is blocked by the build-up of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries. It is the nation’s biggest killer, claiming 101,000 lives in this country every year. Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery becomes completely blocked; if the blood supply is not restored, the section of the heart being supplied by the artery will die.

　　教授Mika Kivim?ki還說：“這個(gè)數(shù)字對(duì)于那些終日工作的工作狂白領(lǐng)們來說根本就是‘警鐘’式的提醒，特別是對(duì)于那些已經(jīng)有了類似癥狀的人來說。此外，在英國，已經(jīng)有260萬民眾有心臟病類似的疾病，成為全英最大殺手性質(zhì)疾病，每年奪取10萬多英國民眾的生命。我們不得不對(duì)該現(xiàn)象、該事實(shí)提高我們的重視程度�！�

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