http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. FIK, Tecnalia and BTS launch a belt to prevent lower back pain problems and provide rehabilitation at home and at work. The Lumbia device can be used for patient´s assessment, and for therapy during postural reeducation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-belt-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:49:33 EST news285922166 (HealthDay)—Compared to the general population, patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) miss more work days, and patients who undergo colectomy do not fully restore work ability, according to research published in the March issue of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-burden-ulcerative-colitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:10:01 EST news284039041 (HealthDay)—Significant differences have been identified in the return-to-work (RTW) process for male and female cancer survivors, according to research published online Jan. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-sex-differences-cancer-survivors.html Cancer Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:26:00 EST news278943954 (HealthDay)—Educational interventions, mainly focused on a biomechanical/biomedical model, do not seem to be effective in preventing low back pain, according to a review published in the December issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-spine-ineffective-pain.html Health Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:10:01 EST news274333481 (AP)—Union officials say hundreds of nurses in the San Francisco Bay area are braving rain showers to walk picket lines after going on strike Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-bay-area-nurses-picketing.html Health Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:27:37 EST news272698050 Three quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work but employers can help reduce this through flexible work adjustments, suggests a new study published today (7 November) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-majority-pregnant-women-require-average.html Health Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:03 EST news271440687 (Medical Xpress)—Smokers are costing the UK economy £1.4 billion by taking an average of two or three days more sick leave per year than their non-smoking colleagues, a new study has revealed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-smokers-extra-sick-days-year.html Addiction Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:24:46 EST news270984267 Many child care providers have rules that exclude sick children from care, spurring anxious moments for millions of working parents. In a new University of Michigan poll, one-third of parents of young children report they are concerned about losing jobs or pay when they stay home to care for sick children who can't attend child care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-one-third-parents-jobs-home-sick.html Health Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:09:17 EST news270122940 (HealthDay) -- Workers on medical leave because of lower back pain are more likely to return to work if they receive reassurance and medical advice on how to stay active, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-workers-pain-job-sooner.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:29:28 EST news263744960 Long-term sick leave is a burden for individuals and society at large, yet very little is known about the underlying reasons for it. Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with Australian and British institutes, have identified anxiety as a more important risk factor than previously thought. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-anxiety-depression-sick.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:43:15 EST news262950158 (Medical Xpress) -- Employees take fewer sickies if they have more control over their jobs, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sickies.html Health Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:40:01 EST news259820685 Long-term cancer survivors take sick leave more often than their disease-free colleagues, suggesting that they struggle at work despite their ability to work five years after diagnosis. These findings by Steffen Torp, from Vestfold University College in Norway, and colleagues is published online in Springer's Journal of Cancer Survivorship. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-long-term-cancer-survivors-struggle-regular.html Cancer Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:10:22 EST news259323011 (Medical Xpress) -- An international researcher based in Perth has found that workers who resign themselves to work in unsatisfactory jobs are more likely to suffer from serious, persistent lower back pain than others with a positive attitude. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-unhappy-pain.html Health Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:55:18 EST news254386403 (Medical Xpress) -- Individuals with better cognitive function in childhood are less likely to end up on long-term sick leave in adult life, according to new research by the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-childhood-intelligence-linked-long-term-sick.html Health Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:51:58 EST news253518706 Lower back pain due to Modic changes can be hard to treat and the currently recommended therapy of exercise and staying active often does not help alleviate the pain. Results of a trial, published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine, comparing exercise therapy, and staying active, to daily rest and lumbar support, showed that both treatments resulted in the same small level of improvement in pain, disability, and general health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-rest-equally-effective-pain.html Health Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:00:02 EST news249670802 Employees on sick leave with common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety fully returned to work sooner when therapy deals with work-related problems and how to get back on the job, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-work-focused-psychotherapy-employees-sooner.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:12:27 EST news249563511 Guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise staying active and returning to work. Despite this, most practitioners believe work factors can cause or exacerbate LBP, and a recommendation for a "short break from work" to allow healing is common. A new study in the December issue of Pain by researchers from the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London finds that practitioners perceive their role in returning patients to work as limited, and believe that at least some aspects of work are detrimental to patients' recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-guidelines-contrary-practitioners-pain.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:53:56 EST news243078813 Social determinants, including the lack of paid sick leave, contributed to higher risk of exposure to the influenza A (H1N1) virus among Hispanics in the U.S. during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study led by Sandra Crouse Quinn, professor of family science and senior associate director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. The findings are published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Public Health, November 17, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-maryland-hispanics-greater-h1n1-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:03:35 EST news242323399