With symptoms such as neck pain and watery, tired eyes, this condition is caused by too much time spent looking down at ...

Students and white-collar workers who spend long hours in front of their smartphones and computers are particularly ...

Bob is survived by his children, Andy and Jenna; their partners Sarah Spear and Sean O’Mara, and four grandchildren: Caleb ...

More than 8 million Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues and several occupational exposures have been linked to systemic autoimmune ...

Occupational disease may be delayed in onset, the period from last exposure to demonstrable disease being as long as fifteen years or more as in some cases of silicosis, beryllium disease and ...

News Release 7-May-2025 National Jewish Health researchers coin new term ‘silicosarcoidosis’ to define distinct occupational lung disease Peer-Reviewed Publication National Jewish Health ...

Around 10% of underground tunnel workers in Queensland could develop silicosis, our new study has found. Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica ...

Industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa launched its Ex-Mineworkers Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Guide in multiple languages on March 24, coinciding with World TB Day. The ...

Workers in the manufacturing industry who are experiencing pain or numbness in their wrists and emergency personnel suffering from PTSD will soon be eligible to apply for occupational disease ...

If the question of whether an occupational disease has been sustained is in dispute and the workers’ compensation judge concludes that, based on the preponderance of the evidence, the answer is ...

When the global burden of disease (GBD) methodology was introduced some 30 years ago, it represented a significant step toward providing systematic, comparable disease surveillance data on a worldwide ...

Exposure to dust and particles at work may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, a new study shows. Among Swedish construction workers, followed since the 1970s, the risk was 15% higher ...