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Recent research published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found the performance of workers with insomnia or sleep problems lags their well - rested colleagues, and that costs companies between $ 2,500 and $ 3,156 annually per sleepy employee.
«The only real reference point right now is commercial air travel, and we are a victim of our own excellent safety measures,» says Dr. Clay Cowl, chair of the Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, who was not involved in Castleberry's research.
Earlier this year, researchers published an academic study examining the long - term stock performance of companies that had won the Corporate Health Achievement Award, an annual prize that the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has bestowed since 1996.
Chemist and indoor air quality expert Charles J. Weschler, adjunct professor in environmental and occupational medicine at Rutgers University, said he does not think the levels of chemical concentration found in the mattresses are alarming, but he considers the research valuable.
Dr. Gregory F. Daniel, the president of urgent care and occupational medicine at TeamHealth, gave Cuomo $ 10,000 on October 29.
Editors at two U.K. - based publications — Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) and The Annals of Occupational Hygiene — say they have received the letter from Chajet warning them not to publish DEMS results or even pass around drafts of papers.
The study, published in this month's issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), is featured in a special section highlighting the impact health and safety programs may have on a company's investment value.
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He is a University of Washington professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, and also a UW professor of epidemiology, and of medicine.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) have published guidance for employers aimed at helping them better understand the implications of marijuana use on the workforce as attitudes toward marijuana and laws restricting it continue to change.
The guidance paper, jointly published this month in ACOEM's Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) and AAOHN's journal Workplace Health & Safety, summarizes current evidence regarding marijuana consumption; discusses possible side effects, including temporary impairment as it relates to the workplace; reviews existing federal and state laws that impact employers; and suggests various strategies available for monitoring marijuana use among employees.
The researchers, led by Sara Adar, John Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Joel Kaufman, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Washington, found that higher concentrations of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) were linked to a faster thickening of the inner two layers of the common carotid artery, an important blood vessel that provides blood to the head, neck, and brain.
Professor Nicola Cherry, originally from the University of Manchester but now at the University of Alberta, commented on a recent companion paper published by the group in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: «In addition to cannabis exposure shown in this paper, we also know that men exposed to paint strippers and lead are also at risk of having sperm with poor morphology.»
A recent study released by the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine shows a stunning number of participants not only experienced concussion - related symptoms and head impacts but also continued performing either without reporting the incident or without receiving the recommended care.
«The field of occupational travel medicine needs to expand beyond its current focus on infectious disease, cardiovascular disease risks, violence and injury to bring more focus to the behavioral and mental health consequences of business travel.»
And now an editorial in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine takes the position that unhealthy eating associated with unusual working hours could be considered a new form of occupational hazard.
James Diaz, MD, DrPH, Professor and Program Director of Environmental / Occupational Health Sciences at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, details characteristics of the mosquitoes capable of transmitting the Zika virus in the United States, their habitats and biting behaviors, as well as control measures, in a paper published in the December 2016, issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.
Chemist and indoor air quality expert Charles J. Weschler, adjunct professor in environmental and occupational medicine at Rutgers University, said he does not think the levels of chemical concentration found in the mattresses are alarming, but he considers the research valuable.
THE sheer number of particles in urban air pollution may be the critical factor that pushes up death rates from heart and lung problems when cities are hit by smog, according to Anthony Seaton, professor of environmental and occupational medicine at the University of Aberdeen.
Dr. Czeisler's laboratory research is focused on understanding the neurobiology of the human circadian pacemaker and its interaction with the sleep homeostat, and on applying that knowledge to clinical medicine and occupational health.
Members of the Pitt research team also include coprincipal investigator Mark S. Redfern, vice provost for research and William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering; alumnus Kristin A. Lowry (SHRS» 87,» 02G), a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Medicine's Geriatric Fellowship Training Program; and alumnus Jennica Bellanca (ENGR» 09,» 11G), now an engineer at the Office of Mine Safety and Health Research in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Most recently, Paulson was associate dean for research and professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a position he left about a year ago to return home to Wyoming.
In some, but not in all people, the bronchitis induces asthma, said Dr. John Balmes, professor at the University of California at San Francisco and division chief of occupational and environmental medicine at San Francisco General Hospital.
Long term exposure to aircraft noise, particularly during the night, is linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure and possibly heart flutter and stroke as well, suggests research published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Roel Vermeulen at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and his team found that people whose jobs exposed them to high levels of very low frequency magnetic fields were twice as likely to develop ALS as people who have never had this kind of occupational exposure (Occupational & Environmental Medicine, dooccupational exposure (Occupational & Environmental Medicine, doOccupational & Environmental Medicine, doi.org/b43j).
«In the world of critical illness, a lot of research has focused on making sure people survive — and now that people are surviving, we need to ask ourselves, what does quality of life and wellbeing look like afterwards for both patients and caregivers,» says Dr. Cameron, also Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.
Gulf War veterans with low - level exposure to chemical weapons show lasting adverse effects on brain structure and memory function, reports a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
There is «suggestive evidence» for a link between air pollution and a heightened risk of stillbirth, indicates a summary of the available data, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Veterans of the Gulf War are more than twice as likely to have medically unexplained symptoms known as «multisymptom illness» (MSI), compared to Iraq / Afghanistan War veterans, according to an updated research review in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
«In the world of critical illness, a lot of research has focused on making sure people survive — and now that people are surviving, we need to ask ourselves, what does quality of life and well - being look like afterwards for both patients and caregivers,» says Dr. Cameron, also Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.
Mind Your Brain @ Penn Medicine will include presentations, interactive discussions and resource sharing by a variety of authorities, including Penn Medicine's experts on neuroscience and brain injury, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, and brain injury survivors.
She is also Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Department of Urology.
Staff Physician, Kaiser Permanente, Occupational Medicine Department Assistant clinical professor, University of California, San Francisco Sarah Janssen is a staff physician at Kaiser Permanente's Occupational Medicine Department.
A study, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, looked at the neurobehavioral effects of long - term exposure to pesticides as a 4 - year follow - up of the PHYTONER study.
Prof Jon Ayres, Professor of Environmental and Respiratory Medicine, Director of IOEM (Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine), University of Birmingham, said:
Patients are treated by a multi-disciplinary team that may include medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, neuro oncologists, internal medicine, family practice and radiology; board certified surgeons who are specialists in reconstructive, gynecologic, urologic and neurologic surgery; nurses specially trained in cancer treatment and certified to administer chemotherapy, counselors, who address a full range of psychosocial needs from diagnosis through bereavement; clergy to support all faiths; physical, occupational, speech and nutritional therapists.
Sokas has more than 30 years of experience in the field of occupational and environmental medicine and public health.
«There is always going to be a dirtiest city,» says Joel Kaufman, MD, director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program at the University of Washington, in Seattle.
In a study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, people with more heart disease risk factors — including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes — were also more likely to suffer from shoulder pain or rotator cuff injuries.
A study done in 2007, and published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, showed that the two week prevalence of fatigue in the US workforce was almost 40 %, and that workers with fatigue cost employers $ 136.4 billion annually in health - related lost productive time.
She is a graduate of the four - year Naturopathic Medicine Program at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Laurentian University, where she graduated with distinction, in addition to completing two coveted nursing internships in occupational health.
Specifically designed to meet the needs of physical therapists, occupational therapists, and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist physicians, you will learn how digestive function, and the gut microbiome impact common injuries seen in rehab populations.
He later studied ergonomics during his residency in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Cincinnati Hospital.
Another study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found increased levels of deadly cutaneous melanoma skin cancer among persons exposed to both sunshine and glyphosate during their agricultural work in Brazil and Italy.
Dr. Dawn Cannon's areas of interest include holistic primary care and preventive medicine, detoxification for chronic diseases, including autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, exposure to mold, heavy metals, solvents, pesticides and other toxins; occupational, environmental and recreational toxic exposures; chronic infections, including Lyme Disease and co-infections; women's preventive and sexual health, especially in perimenopause and menopause.
Through functional medicine, diet, occupational therapy and the nightly use of the Dreampad pillow, she is at last on the road to recovery.
The collaboration included teams from Lady Davis Research Institute, Kewish General Hospital (Montreal), the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University (Montreal); the Department of Preventative Medicine, Seoul National University (Korea); and the School of Pharmacy at UniSA.