work-life balance – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

Study links changes in work environment with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease among most at-risk employees

November 08, 2023

A reduction in stressful conditions at work has now been linked to a reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) among those employees who were at an elevated risk of CVD at the start of the intervention study, especially if they were older workers. …

Graph showing greater protection of risk for those at higher cardiometabolic risk

Parental warmth supports adolescents' recovery from daily stressors

June 22, 2016

Daily stressors impact the mood, physical health and cortisol patterns of adolescents. A Work, Family & Health Network intervention study published in Health Psychology finds that youth who experienced parental warmth were better able to recover from…

Buxton's research on sleep and work referenced in Forbes

March 28, 2014

Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Sleep Medicine and Pop Center researcher Orfeu Buxton was referenced in this Forbes article on the importance of sleep, particularly as it impacts our performance at work.