Women's Health

10 Tips to Improve Your Health at Work

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This, explains Kramer, is another type of stress, commonly referred to as burnout. Burnout can also impair a person's immune system, as well as interfere with sleep and his or her ability to concentrate.

9. Your keyboard, mouse, and phone can harbor thousands of germs that are just waiting to make you sick. So get out the disinfectant.

According to Science Daily, researchers at the 100th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology reported, "We know that viruses can survive (remain infectious) for hours to days on a hard surface ... if a virus such as the rotavirus (a diarrheal virus) were on the surface of a telephone receiver, infectious doses could easily be transferred to persons using the telephone."

To clean these objects, the National Consumers League recommends using a disinfectant cleaner or spray that is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency and proven effective against a wide variety of viruses.

10. What's the most important thing you can do to stay healthy at work? Kramer sums it up for WebMD.

"The most important way to stay healthy at work starts with self-awareness," says Kramer. "Know yourself and know your limits and do the best you can to stay within those limits given your job. Know when to take breaks and know when to take a vacation. And get plenty of exercise, which helps you both physically and mentally, both at work and at home."