Articles tagged under ‘Other medical’

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• Seeing trouble

  We eyeball visual impairment in the workplace, with insights from Jan Hauser, Vision Australia National Employment Services Manager.

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• Lifestyle Factors: Nutrition & RTW

  Absenteeism due to employee health costs Australian businesses around $7 billion annually and poor nutrition plays a large part in it.

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• Medical treatment: the importance of early access

  Delayed access to medical treatment means delayed recovery.

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• Self-Management: training the treaters

  Self-management is a vital part of recovery from illness, but how can treaters be trained to encourage self-management in their patients?

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• Case Study: I Told Them but They Didn't Listen

  Ms L is a right handed 46 year old who was employed for ten years to pack domestic cleaning chemicals. She was exposed to these chemicals in dust form.

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• On Being a Company Doctor

  Dr James Crompton discusses the challenges and rewards of working as a company doctor.

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• Role Summary: Rehabilitation Providers

  Rehabilitation providers are multidisciplinary organisations which employ professionals from a range of health disciplines.

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• Down the rabbit hole...

  In which SuperDoc describes perplexing cases of ordinary and extraordinary patients falling down the rabbit hole of workers' comp

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• SuperDoc (6) - Issues around causation

  A look at the issues surrounding work causation ... and the funny questions people ask superheros.

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• Extinguish smoking at work

  Make your workplace a totally smoke-free zone

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• Surgery support

  Make a big difference by assisting employees who've decided on surgery

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• Heart Myths

  It's easy to get lost in a labyrinth of data about the planet's number one killer.

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• Sedentary exercise

  Think that 30-40 minutes of daily exercise gets an office-based workforce off the hook? Think again. Activity throughout the day is a must for good health.

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• New vision for old

  The ageing workforce may necessitate more accommodations for vision loss. What are the high and low tech options?

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• What helps people with long-term disease remain at work?

  Making work modifications for workers with a long-term disease can help them avoid sickness absence and work disability, and improve their productivity.

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• Make no bones about it

  The Australian Government has made arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions national health priorities in the battle against chronic disease in Australia.

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• Dealing with diabetes

  Diabetes is Australia's fastest growing chronic disease and affects 7.5 per cent of the population. How can you accommodate diabetic workers? And can employers assist with prevention?

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• Take this health message to heart

  Avoid heart disease with this fact sheet and our top tips for a healthy workplace.

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• Breathing easy

  Asthma is the leading chronic disease in Australia. This briefing paper covers the basics, as well as occupational risk factors and risk management.

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• Chronic disease snapshot

  In Australia and globally, preventable chronic diseases are on the rise. What does this mean for employers?

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• Fact sheet: Plantar fasciitis

  Painful inflammation of the heel and foot.

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• Understanding sleepiness

  Some common misconceptions about sleepiness.

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• How to help return to work after a mild traumatic brain injury

  The importance of recognition and education in RTW after a mild traumatic brain injury and groups for whom the process is more difficult.

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• Before and after a brain injury

  What is a brain injury and how should it be managed?

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• Hiring workers with disability

  One solution to the national skills shortage remains overlooked

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• Locating the presence of presenteeism

  Want to deal with presenteeism properly? Know what you're dealing with.

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• Clearing the air at work

  Can workplace interventions ease occupational asthma? Are there benefits to reducing risk factors at work, or is eliminating exposure the only safe bet?

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• Accommodating arthritis for men and women

  Workers with arthritis are offered accommodations at work but around 40% still don’t get what they need, according to research from Canada. Does gender help predict who’s likely to miss out?

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• Healing or harming?

  Workers across the world describe similar worries, frustrations and difficulties with the health professionals who treat work injury, in a review of the evidence by Australian researchers.

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• The occupational hazard of self treatment and self medication for doctors

  A review of self medication in physicians and medical students

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• It's all in the head: supporting families dealing with traumatic brain injury

  Identifying the needs of families caring for someone with a traumatic brain injury.

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• What is occupational contact dermatitis?

  Know the facts about this common skin condition.

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• Bearing the brunt of obesity

  How obesity impacts the workplace