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Prolonged sedentary time during the working day. US guidelines treat sitting less as a separate goal from the activity target, and breaking it up appe...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Sitting at Work
Prolonged sedentary time during the working day. Key takeaways US guideline: move more and sit less throughout the day Practical interval: stand and m...
Continue Reading : Answers to the Common Questions on Sitting at Work
The first aid provision employers must make, and what to do in the first minutes. Survival in cardiac arrest depends heavily on what bystanders do bef...
Continue Reading : The Workplace First Aid Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip
The first aid provision employers must make, and what to do in the first minutes. Key takeaways Employer duty: OSHA requires first aid supplies, and t...
Continue Reading : A Q and A on Workplace First Aid
Services advising on the relationship between health and work. They advise on fitness for work rather than replacing your own doctor, and they are wid...
Continue Reading : Occupational Health Services: The Practical To-Do List
Services advising on the relationship between health and work. Key takeaways Role: advisory, on fitness for work, work restrictions and accommodations...
Continue Reading : Occupational Health Services: Common Questions Answered
Pain persisting beyond three months without an identifiable underlying cause that explains it. US guidance now recommends starting with non-drug and n...
Continue Reading : The Chronic Primary Pain Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip
Pain persisting beyond three months without an identifiable underlying cause that explains it. Key takeaways Definition: pain lasting more than 3 mont...
Continue Reading : Chronic Primary Pain: The Questions People Actually Ask
Spreading activity evenly rather than alternating between overdoing it and crashing. The boom-and-bust pattern reduces overall activity over time, and...
Continue Reading : The Pacing Activity Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip
Spreading activity evenly rather than alternating between overdoing it and crashing. Key takeaways Boom and bust: the most common pattern in chronic p...
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Strong painkillers derived from or acting like opium, used for persistent pain. Benefit for long-term non-cancer pain is often small and temporary, wh...
Continue Reading : Opioids for Long-Term Pain: The Practical To-Do List
Strong painkillers derived from or acting like opium, used for persistent pain. Key takeaways Not preferred: for chronic pain; non-opioid options come...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About Opioids for Long-Term Pain, Answered Pain caused by damage or disease affecting the nerves themselves. It responds to different medicines from ordinary pain, and standard painkillers larg...
Continue Reading : Neuropathic Pain: What to Do, in Order
Pain caused by damage or disease affecting the nerves themselves. Key takeaways Typical description: burning, shooting, electric, with numbness or tin...
Continue Reading : Answers to the Common Questions on Neuropathic Pain Widespread pain with fatigue, disturbed sleep and cognitive difficulty. It is a recognized condition affecting about 2 percent of US adults, and the b...
Continue Reading : The Fibromyalgia Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip