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Skin cancer rate higher among aircrew - The Guardian 29th October 2009
"Study shows link between professions and diseases"
Cause of death? It depends what you do for a living... - The Independent 30th October 2009
"Work can be very bad for your health if you are in the wrong job. If you are a carpenter, fitter, electrician, plumber or gas fitter, you run an above average risk of dying from an asbestos-related disease."
Coroner to investigate cancer death cluster around historic nuclear lab - The Independent on Sunday 18th October 2009
"An inquest is to be opened into the deaths of two Manchester University academics who died of pancreatic cancer after working for years in the building where Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear"
Relatives criticise uni radiation probe - Manchester Evening News 14th October 2009
"RELATIVES of staff who occupied the former labs of a nuclear pioneer have criticised a report which ruled out a radiation scare.
A cluster of cancers cases alarmed staff at the Manchester University building where Ernest Rutherford carried out atomic tests.
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Japan's suit that fights swine flu and factory door machines that check workers are well - Daily Mail 7th October 2009
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For a nation with a robot workforce of 250,000, Japan can be relied upon to find high-tech solutions to its problems.
So tasked with combating swine flu, it is perhaps of little surprise that the country's inventors have worked feverishly to develop a state-of-the-art means of dealing with it."
Driving instructor wins smoke bid - BBC Health News 5th October 2009
"A driving instructor has won the right to smoke in her own car.
Lynda Wright successfully challenged a fixed penalty fine issued by Armagh Council. She had been fined twice before and faced paying up to £1,000. "
Virgin Atlantic hostess dies of skin cancer - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"A Virgin Atlantic air hostess, Hayley Birch, died of skin cancer after four years in her job jetting around the world to a host of sunny destinations. "
Uni cancer deaths not linked to radiation - Manchester Evening News 30th September 2009
"THE cancer deaths of six former University of Manchester employees was not due to radiation contamination, an independent report has concluded.
Professor David Coggon said he was 'pretty confident' there were only 'small' health risks to people who worked in a building at the university where Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford carried out atomic experiments."
Warning on muscle and joint pain - BBC Health News 30th September 2009
"Muscle and joint pain - musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) - account for almost half of all sick leave, both in the UK and across Europe, a study has found.
No less than 49% of all sickness absence is caused by MSDs, said the Fit for Work Europe report by the Work Foundation business consultancy group. "
'No atomic link' in cancer deaths - BBC Health News 30th September 2009
"The deaths of six people who worked in a University of Manchester building at the centre of a contamination probe were "coincidence", a report has found.
All six had worked in the Rutherford Building, where scientists carried out experiments on atomic structure at the beginning of the 20th Century. "
Muscle and joint pain account for half of absences from work in Europe - Daily Mail 29th September 2009
"Muscle and joint pain account for half of absences from work and almost two-thirds of permanent incapacity in the European Union, according to a new study today.
The Work Foundation said 100 million Europeans suffer from chronic musculo-skeletal pain - more than 40 million of whom were workers - with up to 40 per cent having to give up work due to their condition."
Cheshire businesses are urged to take action over changes in the first aid at work laws - Chester Chronicle 25th Septemebr 2009
ST JOHN Ambulance is urging Cheshire businesses to prepare for changes to first aid in the workplace on October 1.
The changes, proposed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), will see the biggest overhaul of first aid in the workplace for 25 years and employers who don’t prepare could face fines or, worse, risk the welfare of employees.
Cumbria's social workers among 'sickest' in country - Carlisle News & Star 17th September 2009
Social workers in Cumbria are more likely to call in sick than most other areas in the country.
On average, each social worker takes 17.7 days off sick each year – compared to 11.7 across England. Only five other local authority areas boast worse rates than Cumbria.
Using pesticides at work 'increases risk of Parkinson's three-fold' - Daily Telegraph 15th September 2009
Gardeners and farmers who use pesticides as part of their job are up to three times more likely than others to develop Parkinson’s, according to a new study.
Why have my fingers turned white? - Daily Mail 7th September 2009
My fingers have suddenly turned white, from the middle knuckle to the tips. My friend says I am suffering from a condition called 'white finger', caused by using pneumatic tools over the years. Until last year I was an engineer and operating these tools was part of the job. Have you heard of this condition? Is it classed as an industrial injury?
One in four senior police officers 'suffer depression' - Daily Telegraph 4th September 2009
Nearly a quarter of senior police officers suffer from depression brought on by the pressures of the job, a new survey has shown.
Keeping police fit for the job - Lancashire Telegraph 1st September 2009
COMMON sense suggests that being a police officer is a more stressful occupation than many.
Week by week individuals in uniform have to deal with situations of violence, bereavement and extreme tension which many other members of the public may only come face to face with a handful of times during a working lifetime.
Lancashire police officers suffering stress related illnesses - Lancashire Telegraph 31st August 2009
POLICE officers in Lancashire took over 4,800 days off through stress-related illnesses last year, it has been revealed.
The figures obtained by the Lancashire Telegraph under the Freedom of Information Act equate to every officer taking at least one day off sick between April 2008 and March 2009 because of stress, anxiety or depression.
British workers taking fewer sickies - Daily Telegraph 29th August 2009
British workers are taking fewer sick days off from work, new statistics have revealed.
Cumbrian NHS staff take less sick days than average - Lancashire Telegraph 26th August 2009
LOCAL NHS workers are taking less sick days than their national colleagues.
Over the past year employees working for NHS Cumbria took an average of 9.9 days off, while staff working in the Bay’s three hospitals rang in sick on 8.5 days.
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