Obstetrics & gynaecology

Obstetrician-gynecologists can help protect working mothers

(HealthDay)—Obstetrician-gynecologists and other obstetric providers can help to protect women working through their pregnancy, according to a Committee Opinion published in the April issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Health

Innovative jobs can help overcome disability and poverty link

Adults with intellectual disabilities and high support needs are commonly denied access to employment but their loved ones are playing a key role in finding and keeping them in jobs, a new Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre ...

Oncology & Cancer

Race, insurance status linked to job loss after breast cancer

Job loss following early-stage breast cancer diagnosis is associated with race and insurance status, but not with any clinical or treatment-related factors, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Increase in employment among patients starting dialysis

(HealthDay)—The probability of employment has increased in recent years among patients initiating dialysis but is still low, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society ...

Other

Economic impact of physicians quantified for 2015

(HealthDay)—Physicians have a large economic impact across the nation, creating an aggregate of $2.3 trillion of economic activity and supporting employment of nearly 12.6 million Americans, according to a report published ...

Overweight & Obesity

Mother's work can be beneficial to child body weight, study finds

Up to a certain number of hours, maternal employment is beneficial for children's body weight. This is the key finding by Jianghong Li (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) and her international collaborators who analyzed longitudinal ...

Oncology & Cancer

Study finds double mastectomy tied to more missed work

Women who pursue a more aggressive surgery for early stage breast cancer have nearly eight times the odds of reporting substantial employment disruptions, according to a new study from University of Michigan Comprehensive ...

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