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Home Fire-Safety Checklist

There are thousands of house fires every year in Great Britain, and the simple fact is that many of these can be prevented with proper home fire safety protocol and basic equipment. Take smoke alarms...

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Surviving the Office Nosh: Eating Healthy at Work While Still Being Social

Office eating and socials can sabotage anyone’s diet and fitness plan.  While it is always an option to skip the parties, potlucks, and lunches, these gatherings are more than just people gathering to...

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5 Exciting Careers You Could Have with a Masters in Public Health

Health is one of the most important factors for human happiness and therefore those charged with maintaining public health bear a heavy responsibility. Preparation for this role begins with a Masters...

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The Boston Marathon Bombing and Implications on Public Safety

When bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, nobody was prepared for the devastation that ensued. At the end of the day, the blast had taken the lives of three people,...

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5 Reasons Gun Control Is A Public Health Issue

It seems that over the last decade there has been a rise in mass shootings that capture the headlines, and included in this rise has been calls for more control of the tools that were misused to...

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Has The World Gone Health And Safety Mad?

Today many people ask themselves, including myself ‘has the world gone mad’ when it comes to health and safety and the number of people complaining about issues that in the grand scheme of things are...

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How Air Pollution Affects Your Health

Thanks to environmental regulation and standards in this country, we are not facing the level of pollution crisis that cities such as Beijing and Mexico City experience on a regular basis. Nor are we...

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The Importance Of Fire Warden Training For Ordinary People

Over the past few years the number of businesses in Europe, Australia and America investing in employee fire warden training has more than doubled. Around 40% of all businesses never totally recover...

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Love Bites and Five Other Surprising Teen Trends

Teenagers can be so creative, always thinking up new ideas and pushing the boundaries. While some of these ideas can be interesting or even exceptional, you’ll find others to be extremely dangerous and...

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Is Bad Driving Affecting our Health?

If the daily grind didn’t hold enough stresses and strains on our physical and mental health already, it has been reported this year that driving a car is yet another avenue for stress to enter our...

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When Health and Safety Goes Wrong

Many workers and indeed many members of the public at large have a deep mistrust of what has become widely (and not affectionately) known as “elf n’ safety”.  The common perception seems to be that...

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4 Shocking Facts about the Health System every Patient Should Know

Being booked into a hospital for treatment or tests is often an unpleasant experience despite the usually excellent efforts of the staff responsible for your care. What most people might not realize,...

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Toilet Etiquette – What not to do when you’re in the loo

Far from being ‘restrooms’, shared toilets, whether in a public space, in a restaurant or a workplace environment, can be treacherous places. Sure, we all need to go and answer nature’s call, but...

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Seven Epic Health and Safety Fails

Health and safety doesn’t have the best reputation. It is generally associated with a tedious lecture you’re forced to endure whenever you start a new job. Rules and regulations differ from company to...

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Mobile phones – health hazard or harmless?

According to recent figures, there are now more than 42 million smartphone users in the UK, with over 93% of adults owning or using a mobile phone. 61% of British adults have a smartphone. By 2020,...

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What To Look For In a Doctor

Finding the perfect doctor is something that you should always strive to do.  Since your doctor is the person whose hands hold the key to your well-being it’s important to choose one that is the...

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Essential Health and Safety Tips for the Work Place

Health and safety provides subject matter for plenty of jokes, but it’s actually crucial to the effective management of any workplace. In the very simplest of terms, nobody wants to be responsible for...

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Reasons Occupational Health And Safety Training Is More Important Now Than Ever

When it comes to workplace health and safety, being able to assess a safety risk and implement policies accordingly ensures a better working environment for all. Performing unfamiliar tasks in the...

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5 Reasons You Must Be First Aid Trained

It is true that it may not actually be the most positive or nicest of thoughts to have, but there is no escaping the fact that accidents and injuries can and do happen in places of work more often than...

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Here’s Why Everyone Needs to Learn CPR

CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation is one of those skills you never know when you might need. And once you learn it, you could be able to help more than you can probably understand. Everyone around...

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