Scientists pinpoint hazards for engineered stone fabrication shop workers
You've probably seen fabricated stone countertops on an HGTV remodeling show—and you might even have them in your own home.
Jul 28, 2025
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Occupational Diseases: News and Research on Occupational Diseases
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Q&A: Researcher discusses how buying primary care on the free market adds to doctor shortages
Burned-out primary care physicians are increasingly seeking safe haven in concierge care and other free-market models of practice. This has resulted in an exodus from traditional primary care practices and exacerbated an ...
Jun 24, 2025
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Macrophages elicit separate pathways for inflammation and lysosomal function in diseases due to toxic particle exposure
Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease driven by calcium pyrophosphate ...
Jun 23, 2025
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Improving the well-being of health care workers
Helping certified nursing assistants advance their careers could fight burnout, high turnover
Jun 16, 2025
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Feeling work stress? Your dog might be feeling it too
Stress from work doesn't always stay at the office—and it may be affecting more than just your mood.
Jun 1, 2025
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Silicosarcoidosis: Researchers coin new term to define distinct occupational lung disease
In a study led by a multinational team of experts, researchers at National Jewish Health and their collaborators in Colorado, Illinois, Taiwan and Israel have introduced a new term to the medical lexicon: silicosarcoidosis. ...
May 7, 2025
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Study highlights mental health challenges among Ecuadorian health care providers during COVID-19
A study conducted by researchers from Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Johns Hopkins University has revealed critical insights into the mental health of health care providers in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 6, 2025
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Long shifts and understaffing put nurses at greater risk of calling in sick
A study by the University of Southampton has found not having enough registered nurses on a ward leads to higher rates of illness among this nursing staff group.
Apr 23, 2025
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Study highlights struggles of GPs in deprived neighborhoods
English GPs in areas of socioeconomic deprivation endure increased job pressures related to managing complex patients, insufficient resources, and difficulty in finding locum cover, an analysis by University of Manchester ...
Apr 22, 2025
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CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remain
A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency's splintering.
Apr 10, 2025
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