http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A recently published study by a researcher in the West Virginia University School of Public Health found that more than half of young worker deaths in North Carolina resulted from employers violating the child labor laws. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-adolescents-dangerous-environments-child-labor.html Health Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:18:11 EST news282907069 Higher humidity levels indoors can significantly reduce the infectivity of influenza virus particles released by coughing, according to research published February 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by John Noti and colleagues from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-higher-indoor-humidity-inactivates-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:10 EST news281206279 Vaccinations for flu, tetanus and other common vaccines are increasingly taking place in non-medical settings such as supermarkets and drug stores. This added responsibility for pharmacists increases the risk of needlestick injuries (NSIs), puncture wounds often suffered while preparing or after use of a needle. NSIs can transmit bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis C and HIV, from an infected patient to the person administering the vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-incidence-needlestick-injuries-staff-national.html Health Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:07:36 EST news268654051 (AP)—The federal government will include about 50 types of cancer on the list of Sept. 11 World Trade Center-related illnesses covered by a program to pay for health coverage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-wtc-health-cancer.html Health Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:56:27 EST news266514977 New research shows that professional football players may be at a higher risk of death from diseases that damage the cells in the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease and ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), compared to the general U.S. population. The study is published in the September 5, 2012, online issue of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-nfl-players-higher-death-alzheimer.html Neuroscience Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:00:01 EST news266057960 The ingredient 2,3-pentanedione (PD), used to impart the flavor and aroma of butter in microwave popcorn, is a respiratory hazard that can also alter gene expression in the brain of rats. Manufacturers started using PD when another butter flavoring, diacetyl, was found to cause bronchiolitis obliterans, a life-threatening and nonreversible lung disease in workers who inhaled the substance. New research on PD with implications for "popcorn workers' lung" is published in The American Journal of Pathology and indicates that acute PD exposure has respiratory toxicity which is comparable to diacetyl in laboratory animals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-butter-flavoring-microwave-popcorn-thought.html Health Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:19:34 EST news264086364 A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University compared medically attended noncccupational and occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-injuries-workers-disabilities.html Health Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:13:14 EST news263488381