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A cost-efficient, outcomes-driven occupational medicine program can reduce costs by keeping your employees healthy and your workplace safe, but not all programs are created equal.

A pediatric wellness exam, also known as a well-child visit, is an annual appointment with your youngster's medical provider to assess their health and developm...

Asheville, NC (CompNewsNetwork) - The costs of a claim and the impact on the company's Experience Mod are more severe the longer a claim remains open. Here are 13 tips to help you shorten the duration of a claim:1. Require all employees to report accidents immediately, no matter how minor.2. Thoroughly investigate accidents immediately after they are reported. Separate witnesses from the injured employee to get…

"Workplace violence is a huge issue in the U.S.," said Elizabeth Clark, DO, MPH, who offers occupational medicine physicians tips on helping prevent it.

Phoenix is a veritable golf Mecca. By last count we had 247 courses. If you didn’t need to worry about making a living, playing one new course every weekend would keep you occupied for nearly five years. This time of year, tee times start with the sun just peeking over the horizon – it’s 5:30 a.m. and already 90 degrees! The sunrise nicely silhouettes the saguaro cactuses, which remind you where the grass stops and the desert begins. The rough really is rough…

With Memorial Day Weekend approaching, the unofficial start to summer is upon us. Summer seemingly catches us by surprise each year, judging from the sunburns and accidents, which are as predictable as the sunrise. Sunburns are worth avoiding, especially when young. They do DNA damage that can have a lasting impact on the health of your skin. Although young people traditionally are sure they will be the first generation not to age, if they do, they will have double the melanoma rate due…

Let me start by saying that we are all half-crazy, me included. It’s the human condition. That is the first problem in the sometimes challenging communication (or miscommunication) between patient and doctor. Call it magical thinking. We all do a bit of it. This is the belief the there is a causal connection between what you think, and the outcome of some real world event. I come from an Irish and moderately superstitious family, so I know something about magical thinking! Shoes on…

The dance of life just took an expected turn, thanks to a new study on pain relievers and happiness. Here we all are, doing our best to achieve some modicum of happiness. Collecting all the ingredients: food, shelter, meaningful human activity, someone to love, perhaps a dog. Anyone who has had some experience with pain would also add freedom from pain to the ingredient list. We medical people have spent a long time on that last one: freedom from pain. Opiates were the…

Mosquito season is ramping up slowly but surely as the weather warms up throughout the U.S. Mosquito-borne illnesses are a real concern in many parts of the country. The Centers for Disease Control lists 10 mosquito-vectored diseases, and six of them cause encephalitis (a nasty brain inflammation). Most people know that Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, and some know Dengue Fever and Yellow Fever are tropical…

Daylight saving time is approaching again, arriving this Sunday. At first glance, it might seem enough to just remember to spring forward. But do you realize daylight saving time is one of the grandest social engineering experiments in America? Almost the entire country moves their schedule up one hour. Every meeting, romantic dinner, and heart transplant occurs one hour later. Every business, court appointment and movie…

Everyone is Sick… How to Make Sure You’re Not Next

A really weird question comes up when talking about exercise and the heart. And sometimes those are the best questions, aren’t they? Since February is “American Heart Month,” this is an appropriate time to take a closer look at the heart. Exercise makes the heart beat faster, so why doesn’t exercise wear the heart out faster? Why don’t you run out of heartbeats sooner if you spend a lot of time exercising? After all, the heart has a lot of moving parts –…

Understand the active ingredients in the over-the-counter medicines you keep in your home.

A beginner's guide on everything you need to know about starting an occupational health program, from what work health is to how to increase employee engagement.

It's easier than you think to give a child the wrong dose of medicine. It's important that you understand the instructions and use a medication syringe.

Young and old alike benefit from the skilled and caring team of occupational therapists at UnityPoint Health at Home.

Big data interoperability is a foundational requirement for precision medicine research and cross-industry collaborations to prevent and treat cancer.

Herpes zoster (or zoster) is the common name for shingles in most regions and refers to a viral disease of the skin. The disease is characterised by occurrence of blisters and painful rashes on the skin, but in a limited area/ one side of the body. Though shingles can occur anywhere on the entire body, …

The Open Surgery Machine concept is an open-source robot that can perform simple operations in the comfort of your home.