Retirement health

Occupational stress is costing the UK economy billions of pounds each year through sickness absence, ill-health retirement, litigation and poor work performance, and it is on the increase. A survey carried out in the UK in the year 2000 found that half a million employees were suffering from work-related stress, a rise of 30% over the decade from 1990 (Smith 2000). Given that staff account for between 50% and 80% of organizational costs (Cooper et al. 

Michael A. Silverstein, Assistant Director for Industrial Safety and Health (retired), Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (committee member) ... 

Archibald Scott Courier (1831-1892) was born in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, and studied at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Paris. Although his scientific paper about the ability of carbon to form four bonds was submitted prior to a similar paper by Kekule, Couper never received credit for his work. His health began to decline after the rejection of his achievements, and he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1858. He then retired from further scientific work and spent the last 30 years of his life in the care of his mother. 

The average wage of the nonsalaried laborers can be obtained from Chemical Week s annual plant site issue (see references for Chapter 2) or the U. S. Department of Labor. This average wage does not include retirement benefits, social security, workman s compensation, company health insurance contributions, stock options, holidays and vacations, and other fringe benefits. These benefits... 

Boijesson J, Gerhardsson L, Schuetz A, et al. 1997. In vivo measurements of lead in fingerbone in active and retired lead smelters. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 69(2) 97-105. 

Half-life of serum elimination of perfluorooctanesulfonate, perfluorohexanesulfonate, and perfluorooctonate in retired fluorochemical production workers. Environ Health Perspect 155 1298-1305... 

In one of her most difficult moments Barbara vowed that when she retired she would devote herself to increasing awareness of environmental health issues to improve conditions for others in similar situations. Today she is keeping her word with a burning passion. She is on the board of directors of the Environmental Health Network (EHN) based in Larkspur, California. She is editor of the EHN newsletter—New Reactor—maintains a Web page, and helps to field calls on the EHN support and information hotline. She has worked with San Francisco city officials to develop a sustainable city plan. She was one of the authors of a fragrance-free resolution adopted by the Sierra Club. 

It was not until 1949, only a year before retiring from the University of Pittsburgh, that Menten obtained a full professorship. Shortly after retiring, Menten joined the Medical Research Institute of British Columbia to do cancer research. Sadly, ill health forced her to cease her scientific work only a few years later. She spent her remaining days in Leamington, Ontario. 

Improved disease reporting, surveillance, and epidemiologic studies of these diseases are needed. Little information exists about either the chronic effects of acute exposure to these marine toxins or about the long-term effects of chronic exposures, e.g., elderly populations in coastal retirement communities experiencing annual HABs. Little information is available about the environmental health effects, e.g., asthma exacerbations, from exposure to these toxins. 

American Association of Retired Persons American Health Care Association American Hospital Association American Medical Association American Nurses Association American Pharmaceutical Association American Society of Health-System Pharmaeists American Society for Healthcare Risk Management Department of Veterans Affairs Food and Drug Administration Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association Institute for Safe Medication Practices... 

Enterline, P. E., and V. Henderson (1975). The health of retired fibrous glass workers. Arch. Environ. Health 30 113-116. 

Alessa is one of her business partners, part owner of Number 96. Alessa still supervises the brothel, but has retired from active male entertainment. She is a very shrewd woman, who had the sense to get out while she still had her health and money. I like her, and she would still be worth a serious cuddle. 

The precise incidence of alcoholism in the elderly remains unknown, but retired and recently widowed men seem to be at higher risk ( 392). Physicians and family members often overlook the effects of alcohol on an elderly person s physical and psychological health and may mistake this problem for an organic mental disorder. 

The expense of drugs can be a major disincentive in patients receiving marginal retirement incomes who are not covered or inadequately covered by health insurance. The prescriber must be aware of the cost of the prescription and of cheaper alternative therapies. For example, the monthly cost of arthritis therapy with newer NSAIDs may exceed 100, whereas that for generic aspirin is about 5 and for ibuprofen, an older NSAID, about 20. 

AARP. Rx Drug Smarts. Available online. URL http //www.aarp.org/ health/conditions/rxdrugs. Downloaded July 8, 2009. This organization for the elderly and retired offers diverse and detailed information on use of prescription drugs. The webpage covers topics on drug safety, price, and effectiveness. 

In 1960, the Mayers moved to the University of California at San Diego, where both could finally hold full professorships, his in chemistry and hers in physics. But shortly after arrival, Maria suffered a stroke and was troubled thereafter by poor health, succumbing finally (after a prolonged coma) in 1972. While continuing collaborative theoretical chemistry studies, Joseph Mayer helped to build the newly formed UCSD chemistry faculty to national prominence. He retired and remarried, then accepted a term of presidency of the American Physical Society (1973) and continued other professional activities until his death in 1983. 

In 1989 I again retired from full time employment into a new position of Scientist Emeritus created by Dow Corning. In this position I still keep contact with Dow Corning, have an office, a laboratory, a secretary, a telephone and mailing address and am free to write, travel, lecture and consult with outside companies. As long as my health allows, I hope to continue active participation in the study of adhesion at interfaces. 

A high risk exists where cooling towers serving a hospital, nursing home or other health care facility, retirement community, or hotel are located within 700 feet of the facility. 

Today s concept of retirement has emerged as a result of several changes. The first notable change is the number of Americans who are living longer. Because of better medical care, improved diet, and increased interest in physical fitness, more people are reaching the ages of 65, 70, and older in excellent health. The activities and attitudes of today s 70-year-old are about the same as those of a 50-year-old a decade ago. 

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