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Y! Health Work Issues News
Y! Health Work Issues News, updated continuously.

• On Independence Day, Think Fireworks Safety First (HealthDay)

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- Fireworks can be breathtaking spectacles, creating glittering showers of sparks and earth-rumbling booms that thrill people for miles around.
  

• Health Tip: Have a Safe Fourth of July (HealthDay)

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Food, fun and fireworks are all part of the Fourth of July holiday.
  

• Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk (HealthDay)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Flaws in the design and implementation of barcode systems designed to match hospital patients with the right dose of the right medication can increase the risk of certain medication errors, according to a study that looked at the use of the system in five U.S. hospitals.
  

• Working Hard When Tired Raises Blood Pressure (HealthDay)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Doing mental or physical work while exhausted may harm your health, a new study shows.
  

• Study uncovers how Ritalin works in the brain (Reuters)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 1:17 pm
  Reuters - Stimulant drugs like Ritalin work by "fine-tuning" neuron activity in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for filtering out distractions and helping people to focus on tasks, new research in rats suggests.
  

• "Red tide" to blame for illnesses in Florida (Reuters)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 1:07 pm
  Reuters - Several cases of respiratory illness that occurred last year in northeastern Florida were brought on by exposure to a so-called red tide caused by the toxic marine organism, Karenia brevis, health officials conclude in a report released Thursday.
  

• Cuba to Juba: south Sudanese doctors come home (Reuters)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 9:29 pm
  Reuters - They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la Juventud.
  

• Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective (HealthDay)

  Posted on 1 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Smoke-free policies are extremely effective at reducing smoking rates, exposure to secondhand smoke, and even smoking-related heart disease, new research shows.
  

• Workplace weight programs produce modest losses (Reuters)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 5:02 pm
  Reuters - People who take part in weight-loss programs set up by their employers manage to lose at least modest amounts of weight compared to co-workers who do not take part, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
  

• Staying Social May Keep Dementia at Bay (HealthDay)

  Posted on 27 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- The key to a healthy mind in old age may lie in an active social life, a new study suggests.