Study highlights health risks facing workers
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Up to 75 percent of all urban Chinese suffer from ill health, and life expectancies are declining for skilled and educated workers as modern lifestyles exact a deadly toll, according to a study by the Chinese Red Cross.
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Many companies are playing a bigger role in managing and monitoring their workersâ health in an effort to cut health care costs.
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Academic studies highlighting the hazards posed by the chemicals used in nail salons are raising concerns about the health of the nationâs 300,000 nail salon workers.
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NEW YORK  - Social position appears to affect the risk of developing diabetes in middle-age, white-collar workers in the UK, according to the results of a study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine (news - web sites).
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Many employees fail to clean their personal workspace, which could ultimately lead to more sick days, according to an online poll conducted by IOGEAR.
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but the risks may outweigh the benefits for older women, research has found. According to one of the largest studies
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NEW YORK Working in a high-pressure environment on tight deadlines can cause a six-fold increase in the risk of having a heart attack, a new study published on Tuesday shows.
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Women who work shifts are more likely to retire early due to ill health than male peers, a study suggests.
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Employees who drag themselves to work while sick - even with a simple cold â-an double their risk of heart disease, new research shows.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Living next to heavy industry may boost lung cancer risk, suggests new research.
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Federal health officials are investigating if there's a link between illnesses reported by several workers at a pig slaughterhouse in Indiana and those seen recently in workers at a Minnesota pork plant.
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Staff who struggle into work when they are ill risk potentially shortening their lives, researchers believe. Some workers who do not take time off when ill had twice the rate of heart disease, the 10-year study of 10,000 civil servants showed.
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Managers are less likely to have cancer, while shop assistants have a greater chance of suffering back pain and nurses have a higher rate of heart disease, according to a new Australian study.
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Air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, a study says.
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A new study by a team of German researchers suggests that commuting could be hazardous to your health. The study found an increased risk in having a heart attack, within two hours of being in traffic.
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People who are ill with respiratory or  urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or  stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Employment researchers are increasingly acknowledging that having sick employees work is not just painful for the employees, but can also hurt the company.