Health
A better way to gauge the health risks of firefighters
A new study by CUNY SPH researchers presents an improved system for evaluating associations between firefighting and adverse health outcomes.
Jan 31, 2023
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Occupational and Environmental Medicine is a monthly-published journal which covers the titular topics of occupational and environmental medicine. It contains studies and articles concerting topics related to human health and environmental topics. The journal is published by the BMJ Group, part of the British Medical Association and the publisher of BMJ; and is the official journal of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London. First published in 1944 under founding editor Donald Hunter, its original title was British Journal of Industrial Medicine (0007-1072). It adopted its present title in 1994.
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Website
- http://oem.bmj.com/
- Impact factor
- 3.302 (2008)
Health
Frequent visits to green space linked to lower use of certain prescription meds
Frequent visits to urban green spaces, such as parks and community gardens in Finland, rather than the amount, or views of them from home, may be linked to lower use of certain prescription meds, suggests research published ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Health
Workplace exposure to gases, dusts, fumes, solvents linked to waning lung capacity
Workplace exposure to gases, dusts, fumes, and aromatic solvents used in paints, varnishes, and glues, is linked to waning lung capacity above and beyond that associated with normal aging, finds a pooled data analysis of ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Health
Limited research has been done on the occupational hazards faced by Indigenous peoples
National data has consistently shown that Indigenous people in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are two to three times more likely to die from injury than non-Indigenous people.
Sep 6, 2022
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Genetics
Study shows potential epigenetic basis for increased health risks in firefighters
A new study led by researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zukerman College of Public Health identified changes in the cellular mechanisms controlling gene expression, called epigenetics, that may contribute ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Health
Shift work linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed
Shift work is linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Mar 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Middle age is highest risk time for veteran suicide
Scottish veterans face the highest risk of suicide in middle age, many years after leaving service.
Oct 15, 2021
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Health
The changing occupation landscape: How automation affects workers health and mortality
A study on how structural economic risk at the occupational level is linked to long-term health outcomes of employees found that individuals in occupations characterized by high routine intensity are likely to become unemployed ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer risk 24% higher among 9/11 rescue/recovery workers after World Trade Center attacks
The risk of prostate cancer was 24% higher among 9/11 rescue and recovery workers after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, with the highest risk among the earliest responders, finds research published online in ...
Sep 11, 2021
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Health
World Trade Center firefighters 13% more likely to develop cancer than those not working at site of 9/11 attacks
Firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center following the 9/11 attacks in 2001 are 13% more likely than colleagues who didn't work at the site to develop cancer, particularly prostate and thyroid cancer, finds research ...
Sep 11, 2021
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