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Chronic pain up almost 40 percent among US workers in past decade

...c pain has risen dramatically among full-time U.S. workers in the past 10 years, but workers today opt to go to their jobs rather than call in sick, leading to a growing trend of presenteeism ?...

Biologists call for better choice of model organisms in 'evo-devo'

..."It is fair to say that, since its inception, some workers feel that evo-devo hasn’t quite lived up to its ea...a particular evo-devo theme. "Instead, we urge workers to select new models specifically to illuminate hitherto neglected general themes within evo-devo."....

Hay fever can send work productivity down the drain

... watery eyes and runny and itchy noses, found that workers missed an hour of work per week during peak hay fever season. While missing an hour of work a week may seem small, consider that 20 to 50 million Americans suffer from at least some symptoms related to hay fever, or allergic rhinitis, said Sheryl ...

Meat and two neutrons -- the key to a longer life

... also be used in pet food or as a means to protect workers or soldiers from radiation. Deuterium, a natural isotope of hydrogen (with 2 protons rather than one) could be used routinely. Previous successes in extending lifespan have involved withdrawing food to the point of near starvation, a process call...

Bumblebee house warming -- it takes a village

...ge of temperatures, the researchers found that the workers are effective at buffering the nest from temperature extremes. Some workers specialized in raising the temperature in a nest when they incubated the colony's young developing b...

Amur leopard still on the brink of extinction, scientists say

...time of the animals' movement. In all, 35 field workers took part in the census, working in more than 158 transected sections. "The snow track census is an important method to monitor leopard numbers. We see that its population has been balancing on the edge of survival for many years," said Dr. Dale M...

Smoking ban dramatically reduces air pollution in Irish pubs

...orkplace is successful in reducing the exposure of workers to particles," said Dr. Clancy. "We have previousl...d dramatically in non-smoking barmen post-ban; the workers also showed reductions in self-reported health symptoms. In addition, the non-smoking employees demo...

Rapid oral HIV test shows great promise according to MUHC-led research

...o weeks. This test can also be performed by health workers with minimal training, eliminating the need for specialist laboratory technicians." "Rapid point of care HIV testing is a very important component of HIV control initiatives and programs. In particular, non-invasive, simple, accurate oral fluid-ba...

Drug-resistant bacterial infections serious complication after corrective eye surgery

...plication following refractive surgery. Healthcare workers may develop keratitis from microbes associated with nosocomial infection. In addition, surgeons should now be vigilant for community-acquired MRSA keratitis. All patients should be informed of the risk factors and warning signs of infectious keratiti...

Individual differences in a clock gene predict decline of performance during sleep deprivation

...period corresponds to stretches of time when shift workers struggle to stay awake, during which many accidents related to sleepiness occur. But the scientists also emphasize that the new research was conducted in the laboratory, and whether forms of the PERIOD3 gene also predict individual differences in the...

Red flag for repetitive stress injuries identified for first time in humans

...te professor of physical therapy. Employers and workers know the dramatic impact of RMIs, which cause pain, loss of function and close to a third of missed workdays in the United States, at a cost of $20 billion a year in workers' compensation. In previous studies, the researchers pinpointed these ear...

NIAID expands capability for influenza research and surveillance

...udy in Thailand and will monitor U.S. agricultural workers who work with swine. Emory University, Atlanta (principal investigator—Dr. Richard Compans) This center will conduct studies to determine how influenza viruses adapt to new hosts and are transmitted between different hosts, and analyze human imm...

Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles

...re to stay. Construction trends continue to bring workers out of private offices and into the open-plan setting. While an open environment fosters accessibility, there is a great need for solutions that counteract the acoustical effects of many employees working closely together. Acoustical scientists and...

Double the death rate from cirrhosis for 'blue collar' men

...91 and 1993, liver cirrhosis rates among unskilled workers were about four times those experienced by professionals. "The very low tax on wine means cask wine is often the beverage of choice for the poorest and most marginalised people." The study's findings dovetail with another paper recently publi...

HIVMA opposes The Gambia's unproven AIDS remedy

...rican scientists, clinicians, and community health workers providing antiretroviral treatment to communities that are so deeply affected by this disease." Dr. Kuritzkes added. "We urge the government of the Gambia to support their efforts as well." Dr. Kuritzkes concluded, "People around the world living ...

Smallpox outbreak: How long would it take for vaccines to protect people? Would it work?

...includes some government employees, some emergency workers military personnel and researchers). ...

Ants show us how to make super-highways

...ecialised behaviour performed by a minority of ant workers can improve the performance of the majority, resulting in a clear benefit for the society as a whole." Their experiments showed that individuals size-match to the hole they plug and cooperate to plug larger holes. "We did this by getting the ants ...

Reconstructing the biology of extinct species: A new approach

...dical CT scanners. In addition, experienced field workers used personal knowledge or film of animals in the wild to classify species into one of six locomotor categories ranging from very slow and deliberate to fast and agile. The scientists then compared the canal size of each species to its category of m...

Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing

... What Pierce and colleagues found was that older workers gave signals to the queen and to the rest of the c...re able to observe inside the swarm itself and see workers give the queen a signal, known as “piping” that tells her to fly. “Researchers have never reporte...

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