Influenza vaccination programmes for children in USA and Canada based on little evidence
...plications (such as ear infections and pneumonia), absences from school, and parental loss of workdays and ove...s. Vaccines were effective in reducing long school absences but had little effect on other outcomes such as hospital stays and lower respiratory tract disease, ...New asthma program in Detroit public schools may improve student grades and decrease absences
... school children living with asthma may have fewer absences and improve their grades with the help of a new co...a school-based asthma program had 34 percent fewer absences than children with asthma not enrolled in the program. Children in the program also received signif...Poorer performing Philadelphia schools have more undiagnosed asthma, Jefferson study finds
... considered to have more than the normal number of absences ("high absentees") from school as compared to those who regularly attend. "One assumption from this might be that these kids' troubles in school could be from being sicker and not just from being poorer students alone," he says. "The prevalence of as...Sickness records can predict employee deaths
...d women who had more than five medically certified absences over 10 years had a death rate two to five times g... no significant association between self certified absences and death. However, their findings suggest that, compared with no absence, taking a few absences dec...Urban children's low perceptions of health could hinder educational success
...zation and parental health status. Data on school absences and mobility were linked to survey data. Grade level, relationship of parent to child, employment, family income, health insurance and school connectedness were significantly associated with the health-related quality of life total score. "As early a...Nation's two largest medical specialty groups issue migraine treatment guidelines
...nes are said to be a significant cause of employee absences and lowered productivity. Migraines can sometimes be prevented or attacks made less frequent. Likely candidates for preventive therapy are patients who have two or more attacks a month producing disability lasting three or more days per month and/or...New centers to research, reduce asthma disparities
...a is a leading contributor of limited activity and absences from work and school; it also causes 5,000 deaths each year in the U.S. NHLBI estimates that the annual direct and indirect costs of asthma were $12.7 billion in 2000. The NHLBI Centers for Reducing Disparities in Asthma initiative directly addresse...Heavy menstrual periods associated with economic loss
.... Until now, there is no evidence of its effect on absences from work. Dr. David Cumming, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alberta, and his colleagues examined data from a national United States survey that included about 2800 women who had had a period within the previous 12 mont...Testing for alcohol problems in the workplace
...r long, continuous periods of sickness absence nor absences on Mondays or Fridays were associated with positive AUDIT and/or CDT screenings. This is another good reason for workplaces to initiate a more systematic implementa-tion of alcohol screening in connection with routine health examinations. However, ...Workers rarely extend the weekend by taking sick leave
...s again true of all age and income groups. Monday absences were more common among men and younger employees, ...eekend drinking, say the researchers, while Friday absences were more common among low earners. But, the researchers say, around 50 per cent of illness resultin......orded specific symptoms of respiratory illness and absences fromwork due to illness. Blood specimens were obtained to check for influenzainfection. The overall incidence of influenza infection was 1.7 percent amongvaccine recipients, compared to 13.4 percent among controls. The rate ofinfluenza type A...