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Broad Support Exists for Larger Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Health warnings cover about 10 percent of a cigarette pack’s exterior surface in the United States, but there is broad support, even among smokers, for making them significantly larger, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study has found. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, found that a majority of smokers and nonsmokers who responded to a randomized […]
Elevated blood pressure not a high mortality risk for elderly with weak grip
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A study of nearly 7,500 Americans age 65 or older suggests that elevated blood pressure is not related to high mortality risk among people in that age group with weak grip strength. New research by Oregon State University builds on an earlier OSU study that showed the relationship between high blood pressure […]
Occupational Safety and Health Review Board Upholds $301,000 in Penalties Issued in Trenching Fatality
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Alaska Occupational Safety and Health Review Board upheld multiple willful citations issued by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to Hartman Construction and Equipment, Inc. The fines were issued after an Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH) investigation of a trench collapse that took the life of a Hartman Construction […]