News tagged with labor

ADHD drug Adderall in short supply

Labor shortages at Teva Pharmaceuticals have made Adderall, a widely used attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug, hard to find in some drugstores.

Up to 4 million Americans out of work with long COVID

In yet another example of the financial toll that the new coronavirus has exacted during the pandemic, a new report estimates that up to 4 million Americans are out of work as they struggle with long COVID.

Long COVID costs Australia millions of working days

Long COVID has already cost the Australian economy three million working days this year, according to a government analysis seen by AFP Friday, significantly worsening the country's acute labor shortages.

Researchers identify new target for therapies to treat preterm labor

Researchers have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that a protein called Piezo1 is responsible for regulating ...

How do epidurals work? And why is there a global shortage of them?

Inducing birth at 39 weeks' gestation does not impact childhood development

A new study from researchers at the University of Melbourne and Mercy Hospital for Women has found that children born following an induction of labor or planned cesarean section are at no greater risk of being considered ...

Substance abuse rose in the pandemic. That may explain our slow to return to work, study shows

The U.S. workforce has yet to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels, and researchers are shedding light on one factor that may be contributing to the labor shortage in the U.S.: substance abuse.

Q and A: Importance of a birth plan

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm expecting my first baby and feeling a range of emotions, from anticipation to apprehension, for labor and delivery. A friend suggested that I create a birth plan to identify my wishes for labor and after ...

Personality traits are associated with well-being and satisfaction in life after work

A new study has identified novel associations between older adults' personality traits, the routes they took to leave their jobs, and their well-being after exiting the workforce. Dusanee Kesavayuth of Kasetsart University ...

New intervention decreases cesarean rate and improves maternal blood loss

New research from Boston Medical Center suggests that hourly patient evaluation and documentation of the birthing plan in the second stage of labor decreases the second-stage of labor duration, the rate of cesarean sections, ...