Tag: risk
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BEWARE! Long work-hour increases high blood pressure risk
Researchers in Canada have said that office workers who spend long hours on the job were more likely to have high blood pressure, including a type that can go undetected during a routine medical appointment. Findings of the study were recently published in ‘Hypertension,’ a journal of the American Heart Association (AHA). Compared with colleagues…
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Senate Invasion: Labour condemns attack; says democracy at risk
A NEC Member of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu has condemned the invasion of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly and disruption of the Senate plenary by unknown persons on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Comrade Aremu said “an injury to the National Assembly is an injury to the nation’s democracy” adding that…
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Civil rights at risk under Sessions – Jesse Jackson
By Jesse Jackson Confirmation hearings for Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, named by Donald Trump to be attorney general of the United States, will begin on Jan. 10, before Trump is even inaugurated. The rush and insistence on only two days of hearings reflect Republican efforts to cram the nomination through before Americans understand what is…