occupational health and safety

occupational health and safety

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is the practice of confirming the safety, health, welfare, and well-being of people in the workplace. Providing a safe working situation for staff is a …

stopping medication

Insomnia after stopping medication

When people stop taking certain medications that usually help them sleep, they may experience a relapse of insomnia, which involves difficulty falling or staying asleep. Recurrent insomnia is sometimes worse …

sleep disorders

sleep disorders

Sleep disorders are circumstances that affect the quality, duration, and length of your night’s sleep. Common sleep disorders comprise insomnia, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. Sleep disorders can …

pharmacogenomics

pharmacogenomics

What is pharmacogenomics? Pharmacogenetics (also known as pharmacology) is the study of how our genetic factor influence our response to medications. The term pharmacogenomics comes from the words pharmacology (the …

Patient Education

Patient Education

Patient education can be defined as the process of influencing patient behavior and generating changes in knowledge, attitudes, and skills to maintain or improve health. The Latin origin of the …

Human health risk assessments

Human health risk assessments

Concepts Important to Understanding Human Health Risk Assessment A number of concepts and definitions are used in human health risk assessment. Key descriptions include ‘health hazard’, ‘health risk’ and ‘exposure’. …