Monday 21 November 2016

5 Reasons why you should own a Breathalyzer

Owning your own breathalyzer can be a huge benefit for your personal safety and convenience, as well as those of the people around you too. Here are five specific advantages of owning a breathalyzer.

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Quick and easy to use

Breathalyzers are not complex mechanical items, nor do they take a long time to use. Simply blow, read the resulting display, and you’ve got your answer. You can even test multiple people in quick succession. 

Accurate readings

Breathalyzers are programmed with a mathematical formula that equates the presence of alcohol in your breath with the percentage of alcohol in your blood. This formula is absolute, and breathalyzers are not prone to errors. If the unit says your BAC is too high to drive, there’s no arguing with it.

Non-invasive 

There are other ways to check your BAC. Taking a blood test is one, and it is as accurate as a breathalyzer. But blood tests, aside from being inconvenient and difficult to obtain for individual use, also involve invasive needles and blood draws, and are most often performed after you’ve already been in an accident or been pulled over by the police. The best breathalyzer ensures you’ll likely never need a blood test.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself

As a corollary to the last item, checking your BAC before you get in a car will decrease your chances of getting into an accident by up to 100%; if you don’t get in the car, you can’t crash it into anything or anyone. 

Take the decision out of your own hands

Finally, because the breathalyzer is not a person with feelings or emotions like you are, letting its BAC reading determine whether or not you get in a car after a few drinks will allow you to have fun with lowered risk of misjudging your own intoxication. Instead of considering how you might feel, just test yourself with the breathalyzer, and if it says your BAC is too high, don’t get in the car. 


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Monday 7 November 2016

Good Vibes with Co-Workers may Boost your Health

Your social links with your co-workers could have a significant impact on your health, researchers say.

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Sense of community

We are less burnt out and have greater well-being when our team and our organisation provide us with a sense of belonging and community – when it gives us a sense of 'we-ness'.

58 studies were analysed that included more than 19,000 employed people in 15 countries. They found that how strongly people identified with their work colleagues or organisation was associated with better health and a lower risk of burnout.

The people in the studies were in wide range of occupations, including service, health, sales and the military.

The review authors said their findings show that social relationships in the workplace – particularly the social groups people form at work – can play a major role in health at work. However, the study doesn't establish a cause-and-effect relationship, so don't panic if you're not in a social work environment.

Membership in social groups

These results show that both performance and health are enhanced to the extent that workplaces provide people with a sense of 'we' and 'us'. Social identification contributes to both psychological and physiological health, but the health benefits are stronger for psychological health.

The mental health benefits may come from the support provided by the work group, but also the meaning and purpose that people derive from membership in social groups, the study authors suggested.

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