Depressioncan cause injuries
Women suffering from depression, anxiety, stress and fatigue are more likely to be injured at work. According to the study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, these health factors significantly affect women’s risk of injury but not men’s risk. The findings of their study demonstrate that keeping workers safe requires more than your typical safety programme. It requires an integrated approach that connects health, well-being, and safety. The researchers examined the insurance claims of 314 businesses from a range of industries. Close to 17,000 employees ranging from executives to labourers were represented in the study. They found that men were more likely to sustain a work-related injury but behavioural health factors did not directly affect their risk of injury. Women, in fact, are more likely to report experiencing mental and behavioural health issues and these conditions increased their risk of getting hurt on the job.
sherlock dna tests are the new norm
Scientists have developed the first inexpensive, miniature paper test that can precisely detect diseases from DNA samples and allows the results to be seen with the naked eye, just like pregnancy tests. After dipping the paper strip into a processed sample, a line appears, indicating whether the target molecule was detected or not. The test can accurately quantify the amount of target in a sample and test for multiple targets at once. The innovations build on the team’s earlier version of SHERlOCK (Specific High Sensitivity Reporter unlOCKing) and add to a growing field of research that harnesses CRISPR systems for uses beyond gene editing.
does asthma make women infertileIJ
Women with asthma who use only short-term reliever inhalers, which are often blue, are 30 per cent more likely to suffer from infertility, new research suggests. Whereas female sufferers who take preventer inhalers, which contain steroids, have the same pregnancy prospects as non-asthma patients, a study found today. Relying just on relievers, which open up the airways, also causes women to take 20 per cent longer, on average, to become pregnant, the research adds. Infertility was defined as taking more than a year to become pregnant despite having regular, unprotected sex. lead author Dr luke Grzeskowiak, from the University of Adelaide, said: ‘Five to 10 per cent of all women around the world have asthma and it is one of the most common chronic medical conditions in women of reproductive age.”