Cognitive limitations in occupationally active malignant brain tumour survivors.

Background: Occupationally active malignant brain tumour survivors (MBTS) are rarely studied. However, cognitive limitations with the potential to impact work are commonly reported in MBTS.

Aims: To obtain a better understanding of factors that are associated with cognitive limitations in employed MBTS.

Complex messages regarding a thin ideal appearing in teenage girls' magazines from 1956 to 2005.

Seventeen and YM were assessed from 1956 through 2005 (n=312) to examine changes in the messages about thinness sent to teenage women. Trends were analyzed through an investigation of written, internal content focused on dieting, exercise, or both, while cover models were examined to explore fluctuations in body size. Pearson's Product correlations and weighted-least squares linear regression models were used to demonstrate changes over time.

Pattern of workplace disputes in cancer survivors: a population study of ADA claims.

Background: The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) claim patterns can provide information on sources of potential work discrimination faced by employees with various health problems. This study investigated the pattern of ADA disputes among cancer survivors and non-cancer related impairments.

Materials And Methods: Using multivariable logistic regression adjusting for demographics, employees with cancer related claims were compared to employees with other impairment related claims for alleged violations from 2000 to 2005.