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The integrated EPR information system supports convenient and rapid e-medicine services. A secure and efficient authentication scheme for the integrated EPR information system provides safeguarding pa...
A fluorescent protein is implemented by Nico Bruns and co-workers on page 2701 as a force-responsive molecular sensor at the fiber-resin interface in glass-fiber reinforced composites. Micrometer-scal...
Self-Assembled Plasmonic Nanoring Cavity Arrays for SERS and LSPR Biosensing (Adv. Mater. 19/2013).
Self-assembled plasmonic nanoring cavity arrays are formed alongside the curvature of highly packed metallic nanosphere gratings. The sub-10-nm gap size is precisely tuned via atomic layer deposition...
Low Self-efficacy Is a Risk Factor for Depression among Male Japanese Workers: A Cohort Study.
The identification of risk factors for depression is necessary for the primary prevention of depression. The aim of this study is to determine whether self-efficacy (SE) is associated with onset of de...
Excessive workplace heat exposures create well-known risks of heat stroke, and it limits the workers' capacity to sustain physical activity. There is very limited evidence available on how these effec...
Antimicrobial resistance and prudent drug use for Streptococcus suis.
This paper reviews information on antimicrobial resistance patterns and prudent use of antimicrobials to reduce the impact and spread of resistant Streptococcus suis strains. S. suis is an important p...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of work conditions, psychosocial factors and perceived health on the association between the presence of a chronic health condition and (s...
Outdoor workers who occupationally spend large periods of time exposed to ultraviolet irradiance are at increased risk of developing certain types of non-melanoma skin cancer in addition to being pron...
ABSTRACT Background: This study evaluated private family caregiving at the intersection of private migrant home care and public nursing care on the hospitalization of an older patient. Methods: Sevent...
The FDA has approved tenofovir-emtricitabine for use as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, but it is unknown how approval may affect PrEP acceptability among US men who have sex with men. We conducted 8 fo...
News Articles
Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already...
Aetna Launches Patient-Centered Medical Home Program in New York
-- Rewards Primary Care Physicians for Improved Patient Care Coordination -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today the launch of its Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)...
LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For utility workers, a dog's bite is always worse than its bark. Every day, utility employees across California need to enter yards and homes to provide...
Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
FREMONT, California (AP)—In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $...
PRIUM, a medical intervention company that helps reduce the inappropriate use of prescription drugs on workers’ compensation claims, wants to highlight good functional restorati...
PRIUM creates Centers with Standards database for payer-clients
PRIUM, a medical intervention company that helps reduce the inappropriate use of prescription drugs on workers' compensation claims, wants to highlight good functional restoration clinics and chronic...
The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "Because US Navy Veterans make up about one third of all diagnosed victims of mesothelioma each year in the United States, and because the most skilled, and...
Enrollment now open for Nalanda Institute's Certificate Program in Contemplative Psychotherapy
The Nalanda Institute announced that enrollment is now open for their inaugural Certificate Program in Contemplative Psychotherapy to begin in Fall 2013. The program offers therapists, health workers,...
Comprehensive Survey Can Help Health Workers Identify Potentially Risky Behavior
A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how...
Scottish Government advises healthcare workers to get MMR jab
Healthcare workers in Scotland are being urged to get vaccinated against measles in light of the continuing increased risk of infection across the country. The Scottish Government has written to...
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Founded in 1990, U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (NASDAQ:USPH) operates 369 clinics in 43 states. The Company's clinics provide preventative and post-operative care for a variety of o...
Founded in 2010 and based in Atlanta, curavita coordinates clinical care for critically injured workers. Through early intervention, a proprietary national network of catastrophic...
Founded in 1909, Barney & Barney, LLC is a risk management and insurance brokerage firm providing solutions, services and products in commercial property and casualty insurance, e...
CompPartners was the first organization to be nationally accredited by URAC as an external review organization for workersâ compensation. The managed care company leveraged i...
Founded in 1996 and based in Brentwood, TN, Prime Health Services (Prime Health) is a managed care company that offers a full spectrum of services, including a Preferred Provider...
VIIAD and Healthcare Solutions
Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is the parent company of Cypress Care and Procura Management. Through its affiliated companies, Healthcare Solutions serves as a health service company...
Pacific Compensation Insurance Company
Pacific Compensation Insurance Company (PacificComp), formerly Employers Direct Insurance Company, is a specialty writer of workersâ compensation insurance. Based in Agoura H...
Dickies® is the leading global brand of innovative and trusted work wear. The brand has an unwavering commitment and proud heritage of providing tough, quality clothing to work...
Midwest Employers Casualty Company
WHO: Midwest Employers Casualty Company (MECC) provides workersâ compensation excess insurance products to individual employers and groups across the country. In addit...
Serving public and private employers for over 24 years, JI Companies specializes in third party administration for all types of self-funded risk management programs: workersâ...
Clinical Trials
Dosage Effects of Folic Acid on Blood Folates of Honduran Women
CDC staff at the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities have been working closely with a Honduras-based organization, Project Healthy Children (PNS) and the Minist...
The Effect of a Work-Hardening Program for Return-to-Work for Workers With Low Back Pain
Occupational injury results in family economic crisis and national productivity loss; it is really becoming an important issue in Taiwanese society. Low back pain is the most frequent inju...
Quality of Life in Patients Who Have Undergone Stem Cell Transplant
This study will evaluate the long-term functional status, psychosocial adjustment and quality of life of patients with different types of diseases and conditions who have had an allogeneic...
The purpose of this study is to gather information on the safety and the effectiveness of an investigational vaccine for the prevention of smallpox disease. Smallpox was one of the major c...
Organophosphate Pesticides and Human Reproductive Health
This prospective cohort study assesses the effects of exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides on adverse reproductive outcomes in both male and female agricultural workers in China. We...
Popcorn Lung: the Discovery of a New Disease
Recently, an epidemic of pulmonary disease has been recognized among workers in a popcorn factory in Jasper, Missouri. The exposure agent has not yet been identified, but suspects include...
A Study of Dryvax Vaccine Against Smallpox in Previously Unvaccinated Adults
The purpose of this study is to see how many people respond to a smallpox vaccine when a sore forms where the shot was given. The world was declared free of smallpox in 1980. General rou...
Following guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control, the Clinical Center implemented a Universal Precautions policy in November 1987 in an attempt to reduce healthcare workers'...
Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study
Background: - There has been little research on the long-term health effects from oil spills, even though at least 10 percent of all oil tanker spills between 1970 and 2009 have a...
Precancerous Myeloid Cells in Chinese Factory Workers Exposed or Not Exposed to Formaldehyde
RATIONALE: Exposure to formaldehyde in the work place may affect the risk of developing cancer later in life. Learning about the long-term effects of formaldehyde exposure may help the stu...
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NIOSH Faces of Black Lung Part 1
Each year, approximately 1000 miners in the U.S. die from coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or 'black lung disease,' a preventable illness caused by exposure to...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome
An occupational disorder resulting from prolonged exposure to vibration, affecting the fingers, hands, and forearms. It occurs in workers who regularly use vibrating tools such as jackhammers, power chain saws, riveters, etc. Symptoms include episodic finger blanching, NUMBNESS, tingling, and loss of nerve sensitivity.
Anthracosis
A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal miners, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers.
Psychology, Industrial
The branch of applied psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles and methods to industrial problems including selection and training of workers, working conditions, etc.
Siderosis
A form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of iron in the mining dust or welding fumes.
Silicosis
A form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of dust containing crystalline form of SILICON DIOXIDE, usually in the form of quartz. Amorphous silica is relatively nontoxic.
