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  2. Occupational cancer - Wikipedia

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    Many occupational cancers are preventable. Personal protective gear, workplace controls, and worker education can prevent exposure to carcinogens in the workplace. Tobacco smoking has also been shown to increase the risk of work-related cancers; decreasing or abstaining from smoking can decrease cancer risk. [2]

  3. Infectious causes of cancer - Wikipedia

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    [40] [9] Due to the prevalence of infection by H. pylori in middle-aged adults (74% in developing countries and 58% in developed countries in 2002 [41]), and 1% to 3% likelihood of infected individuals developing gastric cancer, [42] H. pylori-induced gastric cancer is the third highest cause of worldwide cancer mortality as of 2018.

  4. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers

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    Healthcare workers are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection than the general population due to frequent contact with positive COVID-19 patients. [2] Healthcare workers have been required to work under stressful conditions without proper protective equipment, and make difficult decisions involving ethical implications.

  5. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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    Barriers to the ability of healthcare workers to follow PPE and infection control guidelines include communication of the guidelines, workplace support (manager support), the culture of use at the workplace, adequate training, the amount of physical space in the facility, access to PPE, and healthcare worker motivation to provide good patient ...

  6. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    The morphine treatment continued even after the patient showed signs of having a toxic reaction to it — even seizures, prosecutors claim. Vitas then elevated the patient to its crisis care service to deal with the reaction it had caused, according to the lawsuit, at a cost of four times the standard rate.

  7. Disseminated disease - Wikipedia

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    Disseminated disease can refer to disseminated cancer which is the movement of cancerous cells from the original tumor to other areas of the body, [1] or disseminated infection which is the pathogen's entry into the host, growth, and dissemination, which results in illness. [2] After exiting the main tumor, cancer cells circulate throughout the ...

  8. How to deal with a workplace bully—Here’s what experts ...

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    Employees facing a workplace bully should leave a paper trail of their harassment—that makes it easier to prove a trend of negative behavior. All workforce experts that Fortune spoke with say ...

  9. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and Europe and is a major cause of death in other countries. [54] Tobacco is an environmental carcinogen and the major underlying cause of lung cancer. [54] Between 25% and 40% of all cancer deaths and about 90% of lung cancer cases are associated with tobacco use.