WebMD.com Safety & Health Resources

January 13, 2013 No Comments

 

My wife is a big fan of a website called Web MD.com.  Their moniker is “Better information. Better Health“.   At my wife’s urging, I visited WebMD, and just surfed around a little.   To my surprise, I found the following 80 articles on ergonomics, wellness, occupational health, and first aid. 

 

Ergonomics

• Office Ergonomics – Topic Overview
• Office Ergonomics – Common Office Injuries
• Exercise At Your Desk: Desk Exercises 
• 7 Most Effective Exercises: These Moves Deliver Results 
•  Good Posture at Your Desk – Watch WebMD Video
• Work Injuries: How Ergonomics Can Help
• Repetitive Strain Injury
• No Support in Study for Back Belts as Injury Preventers
• lower back pain
• Back Pain Guide – Back Pain Resources
• Education and Counseling to Prevent Low Back Pain
• Back Problems and Injuries – Home Treatment
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Wrist care: Preventing carpal tunnel syndrome

 

Wellness

• New Ideas on Proper Stretching Techniques
• Stretching Study
• Working Out at Work.
• Quit Smoking: Your Guide to Kicking the Habit
• Obesity Costly in Workers’ Comp
• Weight Management – Healthy Eating
• Diabetes 9 to 5: Tips to Help You Manage Your Diabetes at Work 
• Drunk at Work: How Common Is It?
• Layoffs, Work Stress Linked to Injury and Illness

 

First Aid

• Chemical Burns
• Finger,Hand,and Wrist Injuries – Prevention
• Nearly Half of Eye Injuries Occur at Home
• First Aid Kits
• First Aid for Eye Injuries
• First Aid for Chemical Burns – Topic Overview
• Emergency First Aid for Heatstroke – Topic Overview
• First Aid for Electrical Burns – Topic Overview
• Objects in the Eye – Home Treatment
• Calling 911: What to Do in an Emergency
• Slideshow: First Aid for Cuts and Scrapes
• First Aid for a Spinal Injury – Topic Overview
• Blood and Body Fluid Precautions – Topic Overview
• Nose Injuries – Home Treatment
• Slideshow: Bandaging Basics — Treating Injuries From Head to Toe
• Preventing and Treating Burns
• Heat Stroke: Symptoms and Treatment
• Choking Treatment
• Shock – Topic Overview
• Helping a Person During a Seizure – Topic Overview
• Puncture Wounds – Home Treatment
• Using Ice and Cold Packs – Topic Overview
• Choking Rescue Procedure (Heimlich Maneuver) – Overview
• Cuts – Home Treatment
• CPR
• Lightning Strike
• Fractures
• Elbow Injuries – Home Treatment
• Toe,Foot,and Ankle Injuries – Home Treatment
• Finger,Hand,and Wrist Injuries – Home Treatment
• Leg Injuries – Home Treatment
• Understanding Dislocation – Treatment
• Rotator Cuff Disorders – Home Treatment
• Thermal Burns Treatment
• Bee and Wasp Stings
• Snakebite
• Mouth and Dental Injuries – Check Your Symptoms
• Burns to the Eye – Home Treatment
• Poisoning – Prevention
• Ankle Injuries: Causes and Treatments
• Broken Foot
• Knee Problems and Injuries – Check Your Symptoms
• Broken Collarbone
• Neck Pain – Cause
• Groin Problems and Injuries – Home Treatment
• MRSA: How Much Do You Know About This ‘Superbug?’
• Attack of the Heart
• How to Operate an Automated External Defibrillator
• Guidelines for CPR and Automated External Defibrillators

Workplace Safety & Health

• Hearing Loss – Prevention
• ‘Say What?!’
• Hearing Loss
• Too Darn Hot
• Heat-Related Illnesses – Check Your Symptoms
• Skin Allergies
• Younger People Have More Workplace Injuries
• Many Teen Jobs Violate Safety Rules 
• Teens Working Summer Jobs Need to Think About Safety
• New Ways to Predict Mindless Mistakes
• On-the-Job Injuries
• Sick-Building Syndrome
• Cold Temperature Exposure – Topic Overview 
• Hepatitis B

 

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