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Together alone: staying well as OH practitioners in challenging times
Dr Nerina Ramlakhan explains how occupational health professionals can balance supporting the health needs of employers and employees while, at...
Sixteen per cent of adults could have an eating disorder
One in five women and one in eight men screened positive for a possible eating disorder in 2019, recently published...
One in five ‘long Covid’ sufferers still unable to work after six months
Many people suffering with ‘long Covid’ are still unable to fully work six months after their initial coronavirus infection, according...
Three in 10 with health issues worry about seeing doctor during pandemic
Three in 10 (29%) people with a known medical condition have avoided seeing their GP or attending a hospital appointment...
CPD: How to build and embed resilience within your workplace
In the final article of her three-part series, Catherine D’Arcy-Jones examines some tools and resources OH practitioners can use to...
Back, neck and shoulder pain behind high proportion of digital physio sessions
Almost half (49%) of online physiotherapy sessions booked since the summer through an app operated by employee benefits provider Unum...
Firms should have legal duty to protect night workers’ health, says Co-op
The Co-op has launched a nightshift workers’ health and wellbeing ‘manifesto’ in Parliament, which has called for employers to be...
Insurer recommends ‘fake commute’ to boost home workers’ health
Employees have been encouraged to adopt a ‘fake commute’ while working from home, with research finding almost three in five...
Few would see doctor if they experienced mild cognitive impairment
Only 3% of people aged 55 and over would see their GP if they experienced memory loss, forgetfulness or a...
Men putting off seeing a doctor because of pandemic
Four in 10 men have put off seeing a doctor about a health concern or have had a health check...
Taxi drivers and couriers exposed to ‘hazardous’ levels of diesel emissions
Professional drivers face a greater risk of cancer because they are regularly being exposed to “hazardous” levels of diesel emissions...
A fifth receive mental health diagnosis after Covid-19 infection
Almost one in five people who test positive for Covid-19 are diagnosed with a psychiatric condition within the following three...
‘Long Covid’ can cause breathlessness, organ abnormalities and fatigue for months
An Oxford University study looking at the longer-term impact of Covid-19, so-called “long Covid”, has concluded that a large proportion...
Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: November 2020
Work-related allergic symptoms in bakers
Bakers using multigrain flour are at a high risk of experiencing nasal and asthma-like symptoms,...
Mental ill health accounted for more than half of sickness absence in last year
A total of 38.8 million working days were lost because of work-related illness and workplace injury in 2019/20, with more...
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