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

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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

Medicare recipients currently receiving mental health outpatient services will be affected by the payroll tax legislation passed by Congress last week.

Perception may not equal reality -- per the well-known quote -- but a worker's perception of safety in the workplace has a very real effect on workplace injuries, according to a recent University of Georgia Study.

A work-focused, telephone counseling program for depressed employees not only improves depression, but also leads to increased productivity and decreased costs, reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).