Besonders jene Menschen, die für die Gesundheit anderer Menschen arbeiten, sind von gesundheitlichen Belastungen in ihrer Arbeit betroffen. Dazu gehören sowohl physische, z.T.l extrem hohe Belastungen durch Heben und Stützen, als auch psychische Belastungen, die die direkte Arbeit mit kranken...

With work a key vector of Covid-19 transmission, this report examines why it is critical that occupational health and safety measures take centre stage in mitigation policies. Workers in sectors declared essential by state authorities have been mandated to continue working in physical settings...

Weather-related heat exposure has become a sanitary concern given the wide repercussions it has for health. Both physiological and epidemiological research show that the impact of heat on human health goes far beyond acute heat conditions such as potentially fatal heat strokes. Heat exacerbates...

Gesundheit wird oft als das "höchste Gut" im Leben eines Menschen bezeichnet. Nach Definition der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) bedeutet Gesundheit nicht allein "die Abwesenheit von Krankheit", sondern bezeichnet "einen Zustand vollständigen körperlichen, geistigen und sozialen...

New ESRI research, funded by HSE Health and Wellbeing, examines how 4 key risk factors for disease (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diet) cluster together among young adults. Using data from the Growing up in Ireland '98 Cohort at 17 years of age, the research identified 3...

The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more "technical" and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO). Innovative biological drugs, which have been...