New research has found that being overworked can physically alter the brain. Researchers in South Korea set out to understand how working long hours impact the cognitive and emotional health of ...

Working long hours comes with a slew of health issues, from too much stress to disturbed sleep, heart conditions, and mental-health disorders like anxiety and depression. It may even cause changes in ...

Your brain health is just as important as the health of other parts of your body, and new research identifies four actions you can take to keep work from damaging your brain. We know that professional ...

Working long hours may change the structure of your brain, including regions associated with emotional regulation and executive function— such as problem solving and working memory—new research has ...

Working overtime is becoming a health hazard. Working long, demanding hours has become the norm in many career fields. Professionals have to work overtime to keep up with an always-connected and ...

Long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly the areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such as working memory and problem solving, suggest the ...

The traditional boundaries between professional and personal life are increasingly blurred. The idea of work-life balance — where work and personal time are neatly divided — has given way to a more ...

Dr Joseph Jebelli is familiar with the lure of overwork. In his studies to become a neuroscientist, he found himself doing 12 hour days, spending daylight hours in the lab, and evenings and weekends ...

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work — such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence, and so on — researchers in the field ...