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E. Coli Prevention | Nutrition
This is a dirty problem we have on our hands.
According to the center for science in the public interest, in the U.S. alone, there are 76 million--that’s right, million-- illnesses due to food borne pathogens each year, and five thousands deaths.
That means roughly one in four of us get sick from our food each year.
Less than heart-healthy foods are what we come to expect from many fast food chains. But life-threatening bacteria… No.
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WORK CHAIR PAIN
Nowadays, many of us are glued to our desks and computers while we’re at work, sitting for hours at a time and not budging. Alarmingly, recent research shows that all of that sitting can cause significant stress in the back, neck, arms and legs that could lead to debilitating back pain.
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Back Pain
An Alternative to Back Surgery Is Waiting
LONG WORKING HOURS
Do you feel like you work too many hours? Are you fried? Are long working hours leaving you exhausted? Even getting sick from too much time spent at the workplace?
New research says that long working hours can be more harmful than thought.
No question we are a society of people who drive overwork, and make the people we supervise overwork. In fact, one-third of all overtime is mandatory. But in a drive to get more production, are we making our workers and ourselves sick from excessively long working hours?
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E. Coli Prevention | Nutrition
Cirrosis
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OCCUPATIONAL INJURY STUDY
Have you ever been hurt or gotten sick on the job to the extent it’s sidelined you for a significant period of time? You’re not alone, and in fact, the problem of occupational injury or illness is underestimated according to a new study.
Occupational injury or illness is a huge health problem in society. Most of us spend at least a third of our day at work, and even with worksite safety measures, accidents happen and illnesses are caused by the work environment. Now experts are saying that the problem is much bigger than we have thought.
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E. Coli Prevention | Nutrition
