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Cancer survivors need better occupational rehabilitation

Cancer survivors are more likely to achieve timely return to work if they receive quality occupational rehabilitation assistance, a Dutch study reports.

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Strenuous work causes tennis elbow

Strenuous work, but not physical activity in leisure time, increases the risk of tennis elbow, according to a Danish study.

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Sporty employees less likely to fall at work

Workers who participate in sporting activities and, to a lesser extent, do-it-yourself and gardening activities are less likely to have occupational accidents, according to French research.

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Individualised anti-smoking programs effective

A Spanish study has found that employees who receive structured medical counselling and nicotine patches at work are more likely to stop smoking than those who receive sporadic unstructured advice.

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Communication crucial in workers' compensation services

Employers are more likely to be satisfied with workers' compensation health care that emphasises provider-employer communication, according to researchers who have monitored a pilot program in Washington, USA.

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Job insecurity increases risk of infections

Employees experiencing job insecurity are more likely to contract common infections, according to a Dutch study.

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Work culture as a predictor of sickness absence

The most important work factor predicting the incidence of sick leave in nurses' aides was a perceived lack of encouraging and supportive culture, a Norwegian study has found.

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Health problems and work environment predict long-term sick leave

A Dutch study has found that both health problems and psychosocial work environment are predictors of sickness absence with a duration of at least one month.

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Light duties speeds up return to work

A Canadian research team has identified a small number of prognostic factors that they say can best predict which injured workers are likely to return to work quickly and which are likely to remain on compensation for longer periods of time.

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International round-up of key OHS news

UK website to reduce occupational asthma; HSE quantifies cancer/PAHs link; Study finds no link between welding and miscarriage; Repetitive mouse use increases injury risk; and TUC paper on menopause and OHS.

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