Using a web-based intervention to help managers reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) can have a flow-down effect that improves health throughout the workplace, a US study has shown.
The alarming findings of a study on television viewing have reinforced the need to address the risks of prolonged sitting, and to encourage staff to stand up at work.
Health care workers who are exposed to and sensitive to latex are more likely to leave their jobs, according to the authors of a new study, who have warned that powdered latex gloves are often inadvertently used.
Workers on early-morning shifts are more likely to put themselves and others at risk by not getting enough sleep, according to a new study from Argentina, which recommends the implementation of rest schedules.
A rise in stress-related heart disease and the recent spate of suicides at the Foxconn factory complex in China have highlighted the dangers of increasing work hours and job insecurity, according to a new study.
Identifying workers prone to "burnout" could help employers tackle the increasing costs of lengthy stress-related absences, according to a new Swedish study.
A "planned nap" before or during work, followed by a quick hit of caffeine, can help counteract shift-work sleepiness, improve performance and reduce the risk of accidents, a new report has revealed.
Workers with long commuting times and those with high demand/low control jobs are likely to take longer, more frequent periods of sick leave, according to a three-year Australian study.
A Canadian study could lend support to claims of occupational breast cancer, with its finding that there is a slightly higher risk of breast cancer among women who live close to certain heavy industries.
Workplace weight management and quit-smoking programs could significantly reduce the huge cost of absences linked to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), according to new research.
