A new report on the most, and least stressful professions, showed that more than half of the 10 least-stressful jobs are in the health care, led by audiologists, who assess and treat hearing disorders. "Professions that involve low stress have very little danger and minimal physical demands," said Tony Lee, publisher of careercast.com, a jobs website which compiled the report. Other jobs in the field that fill the bill for low pressure and competition, with shorter work weeks, include dietician, dental hygienist, speech pathologist, occupational therapist and chiropractor. Jobs in media, led by public relations executives, dominated the highest stress professions, according to the report, although commercial airline pilot topped the list. "Jobs in communication can be high pressure," explained Lee, "especially for public relations executives handling crisis situations, newscasters who go on-air with little or no time for preparation and photojournalists working in dangerous environments."
