The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced it took new steps toward improving standards and setting uniform requirements for medical examiners, while also finalizing a streamlined process for combining the commercial driver's license (CDL) and medical certificate records for commercial truck and bus drivers operating on the nation's roads.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has recommendations to help you carry your baggage safely as holiday travel season gets underway.
For example, the revised regulations clarify that calling in "sick" without providing more information is not sufficient notice of the need for FMLA leave.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule for Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released two new checklists to help Spanish-speaking men and women older than age 50 keep track of when they should have potentially life-saving screening exams done.
Today carries more significance than Black Friday shopping, it is also is the first day to enjoy Thanksgiving Day leftovers. But first a word of caution. Whether you plan to enjoy a cold turkey sandwich or a slice of pumpkin pie be sure to take appropriate steps to keep foodborne bacteria at bay.
Today is Public Health Thank You Day, a day to thank friends and colleagues working in public health for all they do.
The CDC study showed the programs reduced heart disease, stroke, colorectal and breast cancers, and type 2 diabetes.
A survey of 88 employees at a Midwest corporation found both play a part in employees' reluctance to use on-site fitness center to their maximum potential.
Covering material handling, reconstruction exposures, and wellness programs, the publications illuminate industrial hygienists' many roles.
"Helping employees quit smoking is a win/win proposition for employers and employees, as well as their families," said Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health.
The two-hour online event is part of EBSA's health education campaign to help workers and employers, especially small businesses, understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit laws.
A report issued Monday identifies six priority areas in which the 28 partner organizations believe they can have the greatest impact, including improving the U.S. population's health and reducing inappropriate and excessive care.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 11 other national and international agencies and organizations will collaborate with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases in sponsoring the Twelfth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, April 27-29, 2009, at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore.
November 20, 2008, marks the American Cancer Society's 32nd annual Great American Smokeout, an event raises awareness of the many effective ways to quit for good and encourages smokers to quit for at least one day in the hope that this might challenge them to stop using tobacco permanently.
The chain sold about 1.8 million cans of Zany String confetti that contained R-22 Freon, a Class II ozone depleting substance that has been banned for aerosol use under the Clean Air Act.
The studies suggested that certain types of work health promotion programs had benefits in specific areas. For example, exercise programs seemed to increase overall and mental well-being and work ability while reducing absences due to illness.
Several complaints have been made to the agency about callers attempting to entice people with discounted prescription drugs and then trying to extort them out of thousands of dollars.
Wald, who died Nov. 8, founded the first U.S. hospice in 1971, basing its care on an English example. Today, there are more than 4,700 hospices nationwide.
The survey uncovered a long list of poor excuses for not getting the vaccine, including 5 percent of people who say they would rather get sick than go to work.