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Headaches are one of the most common problems of patients presenting to primary care physicians. Workup and management can be both frustrating and demanding.
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Depression and pregnancy, new vaccine recommendations from the CDC, cortico-steroids and/or antivirals for Bell's palsy, rasagiline and Parkinson's disease, and FDA Actions.
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Mary D. C. Garison, RN, COHN-S, CCM, COHC, FAAOHN, an Angleton, TX-based occupational health nurse, says that over a decade ago, she built her successful working relationship with the emergency medical services (EMS) and hospital community while working as an occupational health nurse at a chemical plant in Bay City, TX and a research center in Corpus Christi, TX.
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A mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention, shortened so it could be done in the workplace, was done on healthy employees for a six-week period, with researchers measuring salivary cortisol each week. They discovered that this simple intervention significantly reduced stress and aided sleep for workers.
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Every year, the sitting U.S. Secretary of Labor declares America's workplaces to be safer than the last. The proof: Lower injury rates reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is considering a revision to its glutaraldehyde recommended exposure limit (REL) and has issued a Federal Register notice asking for information on glutaraldehyde research, use, safety training, and manufacture.
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The next time an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violation is discovered during an onsite inspection at your company, keep this in mind: "The underlying intent is to help workers go home as safe and as healthy as they arrived," says Robert Emery, DrPH, vice president of safety, health, environment and risk management at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
