http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Employees who often go to work despite feeling sick have higher rates of future work absences due to illness, according to a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).The findings raise the possibility that measures attempting to decrease work absences could inadvertently have the opposite effect, if they encourage workers to come to work when sick. http://www.physorg.com/news163848758.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:32:58 EST news163848758 Favourable short-term outcomes for psychotherapy interventions targeted on depressive patients have been shown, but few studies have examined long-term outcomes in working populations. A group of Finnish investigators used data on recorded sickness absence as an outcome to examine psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in a large contemporary working population (the 10-Town Study). The eligible population comprised all 67,106 employees of the local government who had been employed for at least 10 months in 1 year between 1994 and 2002. http://www.physorg.com/news163738866.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:01:43 EST news163738866 Repeatedly going to work when ill significantly boosts the chances of having to take long term sick leave later on, reveals research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://www.physorg.com/news160275461.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:58:04 EST news160275461 Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems or for surgery, concludes a study on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news142227782.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:43:02 EST news142227782