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Workers avoid talking to doctors about job-related asthma, NIOSH says
Safety+Health magazine Morgantown, WV – Few workers who have asthma talk with their doctor about how their job may affect the condition, a recent NIOSH study suggests. NIOSH researchers analyzed data from more than 50,000 working adults who have asthma. They found that … |
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Workers May Be Afraid to Discuss Job-Related Asthma
HealthDay TUESDAY, Feb. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Only 15 percent of working adults with asthma discuss with their doctor how their jobs might affect their breathing, even though nearly half have asthma that is possibly work-related, a new study reveals. Work-Related Asthma Underdiagnosed, Under-Recognized Why Patients Won't Talk to Their Docs About Work-Related Asthma Demographics, not location, explain high inner-city asthma rates |
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Few patients communicate with clinicians about job-related asthma
Healio Researchers with the CDC examined the 2006 to 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey data from 40 states and the District of Columbia to identify 50,433 ever-employed adults (aged at least 18 years; 63% women) with … |
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News on Wellness |
Asthma Risk Increase Based on Job-Related Stress
News on Wellness asthma risk According to a new study, the risk of Asthma increases in connection with job stress. Findings of this European study show that people who worry about being laid off, fired, demoted, or having pay cut, are at higher risk for developing asthma. |
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Some Adult Asthma Could Be Job-Related
Medical News Today Around one in six cases of adult asthma in baby boomer Britons could be work-related, with the strongest evidence being for cleaning jobs or workplaces where workers are exposed to cleaning agents. People in hairdressing, farming and printing jobs were … Drop In Child Asthma Hospital Admissions Linked To Anti-Smoking Laws Decline in child asthma attacks linked to smoke-free laws Asthma Drops After Public Smoking Ban |
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GPs urged to ask about job-related factors in asthma
Pulse GPs should check job-related causes of asthma to catch occupational asthma early, say guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians have recommended. The guideline comes after a recent study estimated one in six cases of asthma in people of working … Experts advise doctors to investigate job link to asthma |
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