The news article is titled “Can Too Much Work Increase Your Risk of Death? What to Know” and focuses on the outcomes of long working hours. At the same time, the article is based on the study conducted by the WHO and titled “Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO” (Pega et al., 2021). The news journal summarizes the study by WHO, which states that long working hours can lead to premature death due to stroke or ischemic heart disease (De Socio, 2021). Then, the text focuses on the ways of identifying if the person is overworking, describing various symptoms of it. Finally, the article gives advice on how one can protect themselves from overwork, in case the person is not able to quit the job.
However, the original study published in a scientific journal includes the background of the study, its methodology, the main results with discussion, and the conclusion. The original research article is much longer and more detailed compared to the new one. The main difference between the two publications is the purpose, which depends on the audience of the paper. In the case of the news article, it mentions only the major findings of the study, without going into details about the methods used during the research work. The news article constructed a new different content based on the study results. It can be seen by the additional section on the identification of overwork and advice on how to protect yourself from overwork, which is not covered by the original study. The news article combines the study by WHO with comments and quotes from other experts in the field. A key thing to mention is that the newspaper did not mention the limitations of the study, which would be important to know for both readers.
References
De Socio, M. (2021). Can Too Much Work Increase Your Risk of Death? What to Know. Healthline. Web.
Pega, F., Náfrádi, B., Momen, N. C., Ujita, Y., Streicher, K. N., Prüss-Üstün, A. M.,… & Woodruff, T. J. (2021). Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury. Environment International, 154, 106595.