A study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, reveals that believing in the actual effectiveness of the seasonal flu jab is by far more effective in persuading healthcare professional to get vaccinated, as compared with potentially protecting patients from risking infection. In several developed nations, clinicians on the frontline ...

The people we trust to take us or our loved ones from place to place struggle with sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation's (NSF) 2012 Sleep in America® poll. It is the first poll to ask transportation professionals, including pilots, train operators,* truck, bus, taxi and limo drivers about ...

(National Sleep Foundation) The people we trust to take us or our loved ones from place to place struggle with sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation's 2012 Sleep in America poll. It is the first poll to ask transportation professionals, including pilots, train operators, truck, bus, taxi and ...

Obesity can be a dangerous risk to our physical health, but according to a Tel Aviv University researcher, avoiding the gym can also take a toll on our mental health, leading to depression and greater burnout rates at work. Dr. Sharon Toker of TAU's Recanati Faculty of Management, working with ...

Obesity can be a dangerous risk to our physical health, but according to a Tel Aviv University researcher, avoiding the gym can also take a toll on our mental health, leading to depression and greater burnout rates at work.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have coaxed gold into nanowires as a way of creating an inexpensive material for detecting poisonous gases found in natural gas. Along with colleagues at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Alexander Star, associate professor of chemistry in Pitt's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. In the pioneering days of the juvenile corrections system, social workers often served as the primary probation officers who rehabilitated young offenders. As the field of corrections became dominated by law enforcement officers, the role of social workers was marginalized. A University of Missouri expert on juvenile ...

(University of Missouri-Columbia) A University of Missouri expert on juvenile justice and child welfare says social workers should return to the juvenile corrections system and reclaim their role as rehabilitators.

THURSDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- In studying how HIV is transmitted, researchers have discovered that some African sex workers are naturally resistant to the virus, a finding that could influence prevention efforts. These women are protected by an unusually weak inflammatory response in their vaginas, the scientists noted. ...

According to a new study, HIV-resistant sex workers in Africa have a weak inflammatory response in their vaginas. The researchers, led by Dr. Michel Roger of the University of Montreal Hospital Centre and the university's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, were surprised by this finding, as they expected the opposite, ...

Nearly 200 workers seeking to improve staffing and patient care at Telecare La Casa Psychiatric Health Facility in Long Beach voted to form a union with Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers - West (SEIU-UHW) today, February 8.

In this post in IntraHealth International's "Global Health" blog, editorial manager Susanna Smith examines how health care workers operating in areas of conflict are "being used as pawns of warfare."