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The Unthinkable

Opinion piece Dr Linda Friedland Executive HealthI am not an alarmist but Covid19 is a devastating illness. Do not be deceived by the myth that it only kills old people. This is simply untrue. It is so much more than just a respiratory illness. There are cardiac and neurological events as well as clotting pathologies associated with the severely ill of all ages.. Although, so far, we have done extremely well at flattening the curve in Australia, caution and vigilance is still required. I generally do not panic. Quite the opposite. As a mum, grandma and a doctor with a long history in public and community...
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Five Habits that Can Save Your Heart

Linda Friedland Executive HealthOriginally posted on NutriLiving.com Crushing chest pains, trips to the emergency room, heart attacks! These are common scenarios that happen throughout the world each and every day. After all, a heart attack is the number one killer globally. It leaves people wondering the same thing: How did this happen so suddenly? He was absolutely fine and strong, yesterday. What happened between yesterday and today? The time bomb finally exploded, but it didn’t happen between yesterday and today – it’s been slowly, and possibly silently, building up for months, years, and even decades. Your lifestyle choices are huge factors in determining your risk of...
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Do You Have Sitting Disease?

Linda Friedland Executive HealthOriginally posted on NutriLiving.com Sitting is the most underrated health threat of our time. It has been unmasked as a major risk factor for early death and chronic disease. Some have called sitting, the new smoking. It’s really more like sun exposure, in that a short amount may be good for you, but too much is deadly. “But wait,” you protest, “I may sit all day at work, but I exercise three times a week.” The bad news is that exercise is not an antidote for sitting; it doesn’t negate the risk. Sitting, itself, is an independent risk factor for...
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How to keep work from killing you

Dr. Linda Friendland Executive HealthWE MAY joke at times that work is killing us, but for some workers in Japan is literally does. The Japanese term Karoshi literally means ‘death due to overwork’, and after several work visits to Japan I realised it was no joke. Almost everyone I encountered knew of someone who had died from Karoshi. In Australia we also have severe work — related stress, but it’s not often heard of because we don’t keep track of it in the same way. But don’t panic, if you follow these tips below you can keep healthy and avoid the dreaded Karoshi: Read...
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How hormones affect the financial industry

Dr. Linda Friedland Executive HealthWe have known for ages just how dramatically female hormones affect moods and wellbeing. However, we now have first-of-its-kind data that will help us understand more about the male drive beyond sex). An interdisciplinary group of scientists from the University of Cambridge decided to take a look at trading behaviours of male brokers, and found that sell-and-buy decisions, and their successes, are often linked to testosterone and cortisol. Testosterone controls competitive and sexual behaviour. Testosterone in male athletes, for example, will rise prior to a competition and rise even further after a win. This increase of testosterone in the winner...
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