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November 3, 2006
Some Australian doctors were shown in a recent audit to be working inhuman hours. Pity the doctors - and their patients.
November 1, 2006
The November 7 mid-term election could reveal how well Congress heeded the ergonomists and other experts who were called in for advice on reforms.
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.