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With mom’s green card on the line, family forgoes autism services for citizen child

As U.S. immigration enforcement becomes stricter under the Trump administration, more immigrant families are cutting ties with health care services and other critical government programs, according to child advocates who work with such families.

1 Feb 2019

Study outlines link between America's eviction crisis and high rate of STIs

Almost 2.3 million people are evicted from their homes annually and four evictions are filed every minute in the United States.

24 Jan 2019

An essential reference for diagnostic ultrasonography and biopsy of the thyroid gland

The book provides the reader essential information on how to 1) distinguish between normal and abnormal thyroid sonograms, 2) differentiate low suspicion for malignancy thyroid nodules from sonographically high suspicion nodules, 3) evaluate cervical lymph nodes and parathyroid glands, and 4) examine post-thyroidectomy patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.

23 Jan 2019

Federal shutdown mostly spares health coverage, but other issues loom

As the partial government shutdown drags on, about 800,000 federal employees who work for the shuttered agencies — and their families — are facing the reality of life without a paycheck.

11 Jan 2019

Study reveals link between air pollution and employee productivity

Economists from the National University of Singapore have completed an extensive study which reveals that exposure to air pollution over several weeks is not just unhealthy, it can also reduce employee productivity.

3 Jan 2019

Research findings expand understanding of how memory works

Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists' understanding of how memory works.

27 Dec 2018

Health suffers deep in the troubled heart of Texas

The booming $1.8 trillion Texas economy rivals that of many countries and puts the state at the top of a host of rankings for its fast-growing cities, low unemployment and job growth.

17 Dec 2018

Assisted living’s breakneck growth leaves patient safety behind

They found Bonnie Walker's body floating in a pond behind her assisted living facility in South Carolina. There were puncture wounds on her ear, her temple, her jaw and her cheeks.

17 Dec 2018

High negative pressure controls dispersal of airborne dust in hospitals, renovation sites

Maintaining a high negative pressure in airborne infection isolation rooms of hospitals (over -10 Pa) and in renovation sites (over -5 Pa) effectively limits the dispersion of airborne contaminants and dust, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

17 Dec 2018

Face masks may offer protection against staph bacteria for hog farm workers and their household members

Face masks appear to provide important protection against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria for hog farm workers and for household members to whom they might otherwise transmit the bacteria, according to a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

14 Dec 2018

Pupil dilation could be key to measuring mental workload

With nearly breakneck speed, the demands of work productivity in today's society seem to have increased tenfold.

12 Dec 2018

Sex work criminalization linked to incidences of violence finds study

A large new study has shown that sex work criminalization is associated with increased incidences of violence against them. Since most of the sex workers are unable to screen their potential clients and resort to obscure and hidden places, they are more vulnerable to crimes against them, finds the study.

11 Dec 2018

Without Obamacare penalty, think it’ll be nice to drop your plan? Better think twice

Dana Farrell's car insurance is due. So is her homeowner's insurance — plus her property taxes.

5 Dec 2018

Researchers examine the experiences of veterans receiving both cancer treatment and hospice care

Veterans Health Administration hospitals offer something Medicare does not: In some cases, treatments meant to alter the course of a disease can be offered along with hospice care.

28 Nov 2018

Research uncovers how rising state pension age affects older people’s lives

The alignment of state pension ages for women and men - while in some senses a milestone for gender equality - has created very real difficulties for those whose who will now not receive their State Pension when they had originally expected to.

28 Nov 2018

Research uncovers new evidence of the link between air pollution and cancer

University of Stirling experts have discovered new evidence of the link between air pollution and cancer as part of a new occupational health study.

22 Nov 2018

IDSA guidelines: Review by ID physician improves outcomes for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

Before patients receive intravenous antimicrobial infusion therapy outside of the hospital - whether at home, a doctor's office or a skilled nursing facility - an infectious diseases specialist should review the order to ensure the most appropriate treatment, suggest updated guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

14 Nov 2018

Pedal desks could help address health risks in sedentary workers, study suggests

A recent pilot study by kinesiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that pedaling while conducting work tasks improved insulin responses to a test meal.

9 Nov 2018

New virtual program increased mistreated elderly Texans' access to geriatric experts

In its first year, an innovative virtual program has substantially increased mistreated elderly Texans' access to elder mistreatment and geriatric experts with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

1 Nov 2018

Republicans’ drive to tighten immigration overlooks need for doctors

Dr. Alluri Raju, a native of India, vividly remembers how his ethnicity prompted concern and discrimination in the southwest Georgia town of Richland. Doctors there hesitated to grant the family practitioner and general surgeon privileges to the local hospital when he arrived in 1981.

30 Oct 2018

Worker News and Research

With mom’s green card on the line, family forgoes autism services for citizen child

Study outlines link between America's eviction crisis and high rate of STIs

An essential reference for diagnostic ultrasonography and biopsy of the thyroid gland

Federal shutdown mostly spares health coverage, but other issues loom

Study reveals link between air pollution and employee productivity

Research findings expand understanding of how memory works

Health suffers deep in the troubled heart of Texas

Assisted living’s breakneck growth leaves patient safety behind

High negative pressure controls dispersal of airborne dust in hospitals, renovation sites

Face masks may offer protection against staph bacteria for hog farm workers and their household members

Pupil dilation could be key to measuring mental workload

Sex work criminalization linked to incidences of violence finds study

Without Obamacare penalty, think it’ll be nice to drop your plan? Better think twice

Researchers examine the experiences of veterans receiving both cancer treatment and hospice care

Research uncovers how rising state pension age affects older people’s lives

Research uncovers new evidence of the link between air pollution and cancer

IDSA guidelines: Review by ID physician improves outcomes for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

Pedal desks could help address health risks in sedentary workers, study suggests

New virtual program increased mistreated elderly Texans' access to geriatric experts

Republicans’ drive to tighten immigration overlooks need for doctors

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