October 30, 2006
A new study implicates cell phones in infertility, but the findings should be read in context: there is no consensus on the issue of cell phones and medical disorders.
October 27, 2006
Washington's Supreme Court decided in October that the repeal by voters of an ergonomics initiative in 2003 does not undermine the state's authority to address safety hazards.
October 25, 2006
Many of the alternative workspace strategies corporations are discovering involve displacing office cubicle dwellers. They may need to tread carefully.
October 23, 2006
Skilled listening is an ancient art that has found a new application in technology originally developed for eavesdropping.
October 20, 2006
Pubs, traffic lights and other landmarks may be the answer to the distractions associated with satnavs, the popular in-car satellite navigation systems.
October 18, 2006
The abundance of functions on today's cell phones leave many consumers confused. The industry is working to ease the confusion, but consumers can't count on seeing an increase of stripped-down phones any time soon.
October 16, 2006
When they have a problem to solve, organizations frequently address only the symptoms. The "5 Why?" strategy steers them to the root cause, the source of effective measures.
October 13, 2006
If experts who regard the iPod as a health hazard are on the mark, suing the maker, Apple, could become as popular as the iconic music player.
October 11, 2006
If the preventative measures that usually result from investigations are effective, transportation accidents should be rare. They are not. Two recent accidents and recent research together suggest the problem could lie in the way the probes are conducted.
October 9, 2006
The lifting, transferring and repositioning of patients is an unavoidable and dangerous reality of hospital work. Legislative efforts to make the activity safer are gaining ground.
October 6, 2006
Could the health care profession benefit from ergonomic measures used successfully to prevent accidents by the high-risk aviation industry? One company says "Yes."
October 4, 2006
Research from Japan shows that manufacturing employees with demanding work and low job satisfaction are at higher risk of occupational injury. It also shows that depression, lack of job security and several other factors compound the risk.