Psychology

Why risk losing an eye?

“Because I don’t want to look like a geek wearing glasses”
May 3, 2012
Work-related eye injuries treated in emergency rooms exceeded 800,000 in 2008; men having a rate four times higher than women.1


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A lasting Impact

Organizational influences encourage safe behaviors
May 3, 2012
In the recent flurry of theories about the pros and cons of safety rewards and incentives, the most serious danger has escaped our attention.


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See fit to be safe

Find the right eyewear style for each worker
May 3, 2012
The importance of wearing proper eye protection appropriate for the risk cannot be underestimated as about 70 percent of eye injuries result from flying or falling objects or from sparks striking the eye.


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10 simple steps to help de-stress

April 25, 2012

There is no shortage of angst-inducing news these days: natural disasters, economic woes, political unrest.


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Healthy, happy living may slow retinal degeneration

April 24, 2012

Italian researchers have shown that mice with retinitis pigmentosa raised in an enriched environment for one year had slower retinal degeneration than mice reared in a typical laboratory setting.


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EU-OSHA conducts public opinion poll on safety at work

March 28, 2012

Can you remember a public opinion poll in the U.S. on job safety issues? I can’t. But in Europe it is a different story.


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In certain jobs, supervisor support can reduce absenteeism

Work hazards usually not to blame for employees missing work, research shows
March 24, 2012

A supportive supervisor can keep employees in certain hazardous jobs from being absent even when co-workers think it’s all right to miss work, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.


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The many faces of depression

March 14, 2012

Depression isn’t a one-size-fits-all illness, according to the Harvard University Medical College Healthbeat newsletter.


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Feeling valued at work linked to well-being and performance

March 10, 2012

Half of all employees who say that they do not feel valued at work report that they intend to look for a new job in the next year, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association (APA).


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Why behavioral change is hard

March 7, 2012

Anyone who’s ever tried to quit smoking or lose weight knows how difficult it is to break old habits or adopt new ones.


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