In the last issue of Lab Manager, we began to explore the ergonomic risk factors associated with the use of
computers. To recap briefly, three of the fundamental ergonomic risk factors are: position/posture, repetition/duration, and force. These can all be influenced by the work area setup and the activities being performed.

The Milken Institute School of Public Health practices what it preaches.

Employees feel less like victims when they return hostility.

Study helps explain why stress often leads to binge eating, relapses in drug addiction or gambling.

Study suggests existing research doesn't yet meet the 'evidence-based' threshold

It’s just a fact: In today’s modern laboratory you are going to spend some time using a computer. You used to feel good all day long, but now you hurt after just a few minutes at the computer.

Developing and implementing effective occupational health and safety compliance is accomplished through needs assessments, hazard analysis, monitoring, training, and through analysis of accident and incident history. Join our interactive discussion as our health and safety expert explains some of the details of developing an effective and compliant health & safety training program.

Fear of loss, combined with positive or negative incentives, influences performance.

Meditation might be a path to migraine relief, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Some people take stress in stride; others are done in by it. New research at Rockefeller University has identified the molecular mechanisms of this so-called stress gap in mice with very similar genetic backgrounds — a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Retirement savings and health improvement behaviors are highly correlated, study finds.

Study breaks down prevalence of apps using game-like rewards to motivate