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  • From Cheryl Cole to Nora Batty in five days

    How much time did you spend getting ready for work today? A new survey reveals we make the most effort on Mondays - presumably in attempts to remove all traces of the weekend. Women spend more than an hour getting ready for work on a Monday , but by the time Friday rolls around, this figure has dropped by three-quarters to just 19 minutes. Men in comparison...
    Published 3 Jun 2010 2:21 PM by Guru
  • Get ready for the Monday pain

    If you thought that the shock of Monday morning and struggling through the first day back after the weekend was bad enough, the worst is yet to come. New research from the company behind Guru's favourite painkiller Nurofen found that 6.00pm on Monday is the most painful time of the week. Nurofen's research monitored pain levels relating to common...
    Published 8 Feb 2010 12:01 AM by Guru
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  • 18 January - most depressing day of next year

    We've not even got past Christmas and New Year yet, but the most depressing day of 2010 has already been identified. Something to look forward to then... Picture the scene: It's January, Christmas is a distant memory, the credit card bills are hitting the doormat, the days are shorter, you've broken all your New Year's resolutions already...
  • Monday - the day of choice for sickies

    Monday is the most common day for sickies, err... sorry, workplace sickness absence, new research has revealed. A study by HR consultants Mercer found a third of all sick leave is taken on a Monday. So if you are reading this tomorrow, after being off on Monday, you are not alone by any means. Surprisingly, Friday was the least likely day to be taken...
    Published 9 Nov 2009 7:59 AM by Guru