Injury

Most back injuries are preventable — here's how

By Peggy Malone, B.Sc D.C. May 24, 2011

Healthcare workers have the highest rates of back pain and often experience low back injuries associated with lifting at a rate that exceeds those for workers in construction, mining and manufacturing! But most lifting injuries are preventable. Here are the tried-and-true rules for lifting with care, without hurting your back.
 

Experts provide new definitions for malnutrition

May 25, 2010

An international panel of nutrition experts has released new and universally applicable definitions of malnutrition to help researchers, clinicians and healthcare workers identify and treat malnutrition.