News tagged with healthy workers
A new light on work-related fatigue
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Work-related fatigue is a common complaint encountered by the occupational physician in the industrialized societies. Most past investigations of work-related fatigue focused on age, subjective discomforts, social-economical ...
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Ind., Tenn. to begin swine flu vaccinations
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Indiana and Tennessee are among the first states that will vaccinate people against the swine flu.
Extra care for outwardly healthy workers costs companies millions annually
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Someone healthy enough to work could still cost an employer more than $4,000 annually in unnecessary health care costs.
Study names 5 factors of social ills in energy, mining and logging communities
Mar 13, 2008 |
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The troubling link between boom towns and high rates of substance abuse is usually attributed to workers having too much money and too little to do. But a recent study of one Canadian community suggests underlying pressures ...
Older workers are the healthy 'survivors' of the workplace
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Experts at The University of Nottingham say our stress levels at work peak when we reach about 50 to 55 years of age and decrease as we head towards retirement.
Job loss can make you sick, new study finds
May 08, 2009 |
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In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new ...
Effective health messages may yield vaccine compliance among ER workers
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Emergency room workers will be the first line of defense in the event of a disease pandemic and will be forced to deal with the chaos that inevitably comes with treating thousands of sick and dying. In order to protect themselves ...
Study finds MRSA in Midwestern swine, workers
Jan 23, 2009 |
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The first study documenting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in swine and swine workers in the United States has been published by University of Iowa researchers.
Case links death to environmental tobacco smoke
Feb 08, 2008 |
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A young asthmatic woman who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for her shift as a waitress at a bar may be the first reported death to be reported nationally from acute asthma associated with environmental tobacco ...
American Workers Overwhelmingly Support Paid Sick Days, Labor Day Survey Finds
Aug 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than three-quarters of workers polled in a national survey released today view paid sick days as a basic right of employment that should be guaranteed by the government. The survey was conducted by the ...
Violence is a problem in the workplace, study shows
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey on the incidence of violence in the workplace has indicated that one in three employers have had problems with their staff being attacked or assaulted in the past year.
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