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Migraine :: Employers who recognize the impact of migraine may help to improve workplace productivity

Migraines take a toll on employers as well ? up to $28.7 billion in annual direct and indirect healthcare costs can be attributed to migraine-related losses in productivity. Data presented today at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in Boston, Mass., reinforced the benefit for employers to acknowledge and assess the impact of migraine to potentially improve workplace productivity.

Weight Training :: Free weight training gets workers with rotator cuff injuries back on the job

Resistance training, some of it job-specific, was successful in getting 90 percent of workers with severe rotator cuff injuries back to work, the majority (75 percent) at their previous job, after traditional physical therapy had failed to do so.

Life :: Working in shifts shortens life span

Working in shifts throughout the day instead of a normal day job could shorten your life span, an Indian study has found.

Clinical Trial :: Clinical trial coordinators need more financial conflict-of-interest training

Medical professionals conducting clinical trials should provide more information about financial conflicts of interest before they talk to patients about participating in the trials.

HIV :: Resistance to anti-HIV drugs in Uganda developed due to drug supply problems

Some HIV-infected patients in Uganda who self paid for their antiretroviral medications experienced interruptions in drug supply due to either financial demands or supply logistical disruptions. These treatment interruptions led to the development of resistance to antiretroviral medications in patients.

BMA :: BMA response to NAO report on consultant contract

Hospital consultants are working long and intensive hours for the NHS and are striving to lead improvements in patient care, says the BMA in its response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the new consultant contract for England published yesterday.

Health :: Health effects of casinos have been ignored

Decisions about building casinos in the UK have not given enough weight to the potential health effects, argue two doctors in this week?s BMJ.

Healthcare :: New methods and tools needed to measure exposure to airborne nanomaterials

New methods and tools for measuring exposure to airborne engineered nanomaterials will be required to protect the health of workers in nanotechnology-related jobs — estimated to total 10 million people by 2014 — according to two occupational health experts writing in the inaugural issue of the journal Nanotoxicology.

NHS :: NHS unrecognisable in ten years time

The majority of young doctors believe the NHS will be unrecognisable in ten years time, a BMA survey suggests.

Mental Health :: Increase in services for forensic mental health patients

The New Zealand Ministry of Health notes the increase in forensic mental health services provision across the country, as shown in the Census of Forensic Mental Health Services, carried out in 2005.