Health News 2002

JANUARY | 2002

• New OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations Take Effect
• Worker Illness and Injury Rate Hits Record Low

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FEBRUARY | 2002

• NLRB Rules Concentra Physicians "Employees"—May Participate in Collective Bargaining
• Magnets No Better than Placebo in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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MARCH | 2002

• US Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Second Important Disability Case

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APRIL | 2002

• OSHA Proposes Voluntary Ergonomic Guidelines
• US Supreme Court Rules that Seniority Trumps Disability Accommodation

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MAY | 2002

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JUNE | 2002

• US Supreme Court Unanimously Rules that Disabled People Cannot Demand Jobs which Would Endanger Them

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JULY | 2002

• Occupational Health Research Acquires The Stolas Group
• OSHA Changes Calculation for Reportable Hearing Loss
• Randomized Controlled Trial Finds Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee to be Ineffective
• Twins Study Estimates that 50% of the Risk for Developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome May Be Genetic

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AUGUST | 2002

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SEPTEMBER | 2002

• OSHA Releases Draft Nursing Home Guidelines
• Randomized Controlled Trial Finds Surgery More Effective than Splinting in CTS

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OCTOBER | 2002

• US HealthWorks Expects to Have Initial Public Offering of its Stock in Early 2003

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NOVEMBER | 2002

• ACOEM Board of Directors Approves Evidence–Based Statement on "Adverse Human Health Effects Associated with Molds in the Indoor Environment"
• FDA Approves New Rapid HIV Test Kit

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DECEMBER | 2002

• Workplace Illnesses and Injuries Hit Record Low in 2001

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