Workplace violence is a serious recognized occupational hazard, ranking among the top four causes of death in workplaces during the past 15 years.
An increased rate in the use of marijuana seems to be one of the prime factors in the overall rise in illicit drug use.
In addition to injury and death, violence results in other physical and mental health consequences, including health risk behaviors and chronic conditions.
One of them, Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, received its third administrative penalty, the California Department of Public Health announced.
In the report, CDC and collaborators describe 159 transfusion–related babesiosis cases that occurred during 1979-2009, most (77 percent) from 2000 to 2009.
The number of children hospitalized for skin and soft-tissue infections, mostly due to community-acquired MRSA, has more than doubled since 2000.
The Lancet's editors say the Sept. 19-20 UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases could produce a "bold and comprehensive statement" to stimulate a global response, but negotiations have produced a weak draft.
About half of U.S. adults will develop a mental illness during their lifetime, according to the new CDC report.
Researchers found that exactly half of all the cultures taken, representing 65 percent of RN uniforms and 60 percent of MD uniforms, harbored pathogens.
Sugar drinks have been linked to poor diet quality, weight gain, obesity, and, in adults, type 2 diabetes.
Committee members are hard at work on the 2014 edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities.
The paper examines existing research and case studies to assess the state of workplace wellness incentives and their supporting ROI data, and makes recommendations for determining what rewards are most effectively used in wellness programs.
Researchers from the Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men Study (MrOs Sleep Study) found that people with the lowest level of SWS had an 80 percent increased risk of developing high blood pressure.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said the most recent H5N1 death occurred earlier this month in Cambodia, which has registered eight cases of human infection this year. All were fatal.
The lead author of the retrospective study, Army Col. (Dr.) Michael D. Lewis, said they were surprised by how low the levels of omega-3 fatty acids were in the entire sample.
The transfer of the final 18 patients from Walter Reed Army Medical Center took place Aug. 27, a day earlier than planned, because Hurricane Irene was approaching.
The forfeiture, one of the largest ever in the United States, represents the gross revenue received by Google as a result of Canadian pharmacies advertising through Google’s AdWords program, plus gross revenue made by Canadian pharmacies from their sales to U.S. consumers.
The Health Industry Distributors Association's "Preparing Your Customers for the Coming Flu Season" one-hour webinar begins at 2 p.m. EST Aug. 25 and will feature Litjen (L.J.) Tan, MS, Ph.D., director of medicine and public health for the American Medical Association.
The importance of work-life balance, as well as health and wellness are not generally addressed when it comes to the safety professional, an issue that the Health and Wellness Branch seeks to address, ASSE said.
ComPsych‘s Aug. 15 report says emotional baggage is weighing workers down, to the extent that they may not be able to achieve healthy lifestyle changes.