New research shows that work stress increases the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke. Those who suffer stress for at least half their working lives are 25% more likely to suffer a fatal heart attack and have a 50% greater chance of dying from a stroke.

Earlier this year The Health and Safety Executive launched a six-point code whereby firms must measure employee stress and if necessary take action to reduce it. The key messages are:

	Work related stress is a serious problem for organisations.
	There are things organisations can do to prevent and control it.
	The law requires organisations to take action.

Bill Callaghan of the Health and Safety Commission recently stated, "There is a difference between the buzz people get from doing a busy and challenging job and an unreasonable pressure which can harm health." He also said, "Stress is on everyone's lips and business people are becoming aware of just how costly not dealing with this problem can be."

Cary Cooper, Bupa professor of organisational psychology and health at Umist in Manchester, recently said, "The research is quite conclusive that stress does cause ill health in the workforce."

Statistics show that up to 13.4 million days a year are lost due to stress at work costing industry in the region of £4 billion every year. Let's work together to reduce these statistics. What can you do now?

	Email "The Right Balance" - info@sensethesense.com - with contact details of your companies HR / Occupational Health / Facilities department heads. We will then contact them directly.
	Send this link - www.sensethesense.com/corporate-reiki.htm - to the appropriate person in, for example, your HR department and start the ball rolling for us. Do copy us in so we are aware of correspondence and who to liaise with - info@sensethesense.com
	Send this - www.sensethesense.com/corporate-reiki.htm - to your friends and colleagues - we all need to take charge of our lives and spreading the word is one way we can work to reducing these horrific statistics and improve our quality of life.

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