What is the risk to cancer (oncology) nurses from working with dangerous chemotherapy drugs?
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What is the risk to nurses working in the cancer field (oncology) due to their proximity to cancer causing drugs and radiation and chemotherapy? I am hearing stories of many oncology nurses loosing their hair?
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Answer by Don’t Call Me Crazy
Cancer causing drugs? I’m sure you mean drugs used in treating cancer. You can check the Material Safety Data Sheet (they should be on file in human resources with the occupational safety representative) to determine the risk of exposure to those chemicals or chemical compounds. As far as exposure to radiation? There is a test to determine whether you have been exposed to radiation and to what degree, though I doubt it would be necessary as long as established procedures are followed at the hospital.
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Does having a “calcific nodule (r) upper lung” prohibits person from working in Saudi Arabia?
Question by danah2026: Does having a “calcific nodule (r) upper lung” prohibits person from working in Saudi Arabia?
I was diagnosed by a local clinic which by the way decides whether i would be fit to work or not in Saudi. My employeer proposes to waive the findings and would allow me to work in their company in Saudi. My predicament is, would the saudi goverment allow that? or does the philippine gov’t (my country of origin) would allow this?
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Answer by バ カ
I guess it depends on whether it impairs your ability to do your job and whether or not it poses a health risk to you and others.
Just guessing, I don’t really know. You should clarify it before you try it.
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Asbestos Exposure and Disease in Iron Manufacture 1979 Working For Your Life LOHP
Wire insulated with felted asbestos was used in high-temperature and rugged applications from the 1920s. Wire of this type, made with chrysotile asbestos, was sold by General Electric under the trade name “Deltabeston.” In 1942, a General Electric manager described controlling asbestos published by the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Prevention Bulletin No. 93: Exhausting asbestos fiber and dust in wire insulation manufacture (available at www.egilman.com . This 1942 document says “The use of asbestos fiber in the manufacture of insulated wire usually introduces a dust control problem … includes a complete program of control not only the essential exhausting and collecting equipment for controlling the asbestos fly and dust at its source [and] a routine inspection and maintenance of all systems, a periodic check of air conditions, thorough physical exam of all new employees and re-examination periodically for all employees.” Unfortunately these precaution appear to have not been applied at this appliance manufacturing plant, even decades later. Tolearn how you can help prevent asbestos-related disease, link to and join the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an independent organization founded in 2004. ADAO seeks to give asbestos victims and concerned citizens a united voice to raise public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure. ADAO is the largest victims’ organization dedicated to preventing asbestos-related diseases through education and …
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Semiconductor Industry Workers Ask for Chemical Information 1979 Working For Your Life LOHP
This clip is from the late 1970s in the early days of the semiconductors industry and before workers had the right to know what chemicals they worked with and were exposed to on the job.. Due to rapid changes in this industry, manufacturing processes and their associated hazards may change completely every few years. These changes make hazard assessments more difficult to complete and require that they be conducted more often. Common hazards may include exposure to solvents, acid and caustic solutions, toxic metals, and radiation. For a look at the hazards from the late 1990s, read the article Where the Chips Fall at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . For current information, go to OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov This is from the wonderful 1979 film, Working for Your Life (58 minutes, Labor Occupational Health Program) explores the health and safety conditions of America’s working women by examining the hazards and demands they face in their workplaces. Andrea Hricko and Ken Light, working for LOHP at the time, created this important documentary film. The film is based on the 1976 handbook – Working for Your Life: A Woman’s Guide to Job Health Hazards, by Andrea Hricko with Melanie Brunt. A joint publication of Labor Occupational Health Program and Public Citizen’s Health Research Group This handbook is available on the internet at content.cdlib.org . Filmed in over 40 workplaces, this film highlights occupations that are both traditional ones for women (such as clerical and hospital …
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what happens when chemo stops working?
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What other treatment is offered when chemo stops working on small cell lung cancer
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Answer by Mr. Sunshine
Surgery and radiation but these are often not used because the side effects and are very harsh in the lung area. Try looking for a clinical drug trial. They can also try a different family of chemo.
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A new natural 100% cure for all cancer …reuploaded and working now!
Amazing results . 1000 cancer patients trialed for cancer pain relief using new herb , only side effects found was it cured all 1000 patients in a very short time! www.ihealthtube.com
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How do I show support for my child’s daycare provider AND ask if she still plans to continue working?
Question by frankie: How do I show support for my child’s daycare provider AND ask if she still plans to continue working?
My home daycare provider’s husband was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer last week. It is a very small center with only 4 young children. My daughter (1year old) has been under this woman’s care for the last 9 months and her husband is retired so while he doesn’t help care for the children he does interact with them quiet a bit. I wanted to do something nice but I am at a loss for what would be appropriate. This woman does an excellent job with my daughter and I am assuming that any day she will be cancelling our contract to take care of her husband’s medical needs. I don’t want to seem insensitive and bluntly ask if she plans to continue to work but I need to know to arrange childcare. How long would you wait to ask what the family’s plans are? Would you do something nice to show support?
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Answer by Mallory
Maybe she will still continue to work? Medical bills can get expensive.
I’m sure she will let you know if she is planning to close her daycare. It is her business and she is a professional. She wouldn’t just leave you high and dry after paying her for 9 months.
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Please Help! (Biology Question!) Please Take A Look! I’ve Been Working Hard!!!?
Question by Dante7: Please Help! (Biology Question!) Please Take A Look! I’ve Been Working Hard!!!?
can you please help me answer these questions? thank you so much and happy late new-year!
so basically these are kind of defenitions to some words but i need to know what the words are! please help!
1). The Place Where Air Enters The Respiratory System, And Where The Vocal Cords Are Found?
2). Tiny Air Sacs In The Lungs That Surround A Network Of Capilleries Where Gas?
3). The Muscular Structure In The Back Of The Mouth; Connect The Mouth With The Rest Of The Digestive Tract?
4). The Tube That Carries Air From The Larynx To The Lungs, Also Called The Windpipe?
5). Repiratory Disease In Wich The Alveoli Lose Their Elasicity And Breathing Becomes Difficult?
6). A Respiratory Disease Cause By the Bronchi Becoming Swollen And Clogged With Mucus?
7). Takes Place?
8). One Of Many Air Tubes That Enter The Lungs And Branch Off For Gas Exchange?
9). Disease Caused By Small Groups Of Cancer In The Lungs… Usually Caused By Smoking
10). This Seperates The Chest Cavity From The Abdominal Cavity?
11). The Flap of Tissue That Prevents Food From Entering The Trachea?
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Answer by Last3Words
if u have been working hard u would know the answers too this…
srry would help u but i’m retaking bio lol
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Is D.A.R.E working to prevent drug abuse in teens or is it just a waste of tax dollers?
Question by Dbl-A-ron: Is D.A.R.E working to prevent drug abuse in teens or is it just a waste of tax dollers?
D.A.R.E has been around for about 20 years, is it working to prevent drug use in the youth of America? I’m not sure it is, seeing that the number of drugs being used hasnt decreased in decades. Why are we paying for a program that isn’t working? D.A.R.E uses scare tactics when teaching about drugs. I remember hearing that marijuana causes severe brain damage, but studies show this to be false. Also it cause lung cancer, recent studies have also shown this so called “fact” to be false. Why are we allowing these programs to lie to the youth?
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Answer by Keiser
waste of tax dollars. The school system think that by allowing for children to experience these types of programs that they will be able to not get hooked onto drugs…they are wrong.
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Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers
www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org Next time you can’t get a cell phone signal in the middle of town, put your problem in perspective: New figures show that the deadliest job in America now goes to the men and women who construct, upgrade, and repair cell phone towers. According to a story in this week’s RCR Wireless News (no online link yet), building and climbing towers (which can be hundreds of feet tall) is more dangerous than ranching, fishing, logging, and even ironworking. The fatality rate is currently 183.6 deaths per 100000 workers: Five tower workers died during one 12-day span earlier this year alone. 18 tower workers died on the job in 2006. The cause for the runup in tower worker deaths isn’t completely clear, but it’s likely a combination of careless working practices (workers not using safety gear 100 percent of the time, or not using it correctly) and network operators pushing to build out and upgrade their networks too quickly. Hard to blame carriers for wanting to get faster networks up and running, but not at the cost of human life. (RCR is careful to note that the investigation into the rise in fatalities is too early to attribute to any specific source.) Oddly, a loophole in OSHA rules may make it difficult for changes to happen quickly: Towers are often constructed by small contractors instead of the carriers or the owners of the towers. Since the carrier isn’t on site during the construction of the tower, the contractor …
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Will I get lung cancer or other illness by working at a Chinese restaurant?
Question by westernshippers: Will I get lung cancer or other illness by working at a Chinese restaurant?
I work at a Chinese restaurant 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, as a cook, and I cook behind the wok most of the time, and I see my surrounding stuff, such as the counter, food container, my cup, etc, would get greasy after a while(maybe couple days), there are a lot of oil involved in the cooking, so I thought it probably gets heated and then evaporated into the surrounding, so I figure I must have breathed in a lot of grease, into my lung, and I’m worried if I could get lung cancer or other bad stuff, or will my body get rid of the grease by itself, hence it is not harmful at all? Because I heard people that works at coal mine will breathe in a lot of tar, and they are very likely to get cancer, what about me?
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Answer by vara prasada rao
Appreciable in caring yourself. Why don’t you cut down the hours of work. If you are such essential, you can swift to another work. Minimum hours of work for any employment is only 6 hours. Volatile fumes, oils and coal tar most of them bears pyrolignous acid which is not good for breath. Go to parks etc., to change of air in other time from profession. Try to limit the working hours. Demand some better professional safe guards such as exist fans etc., at kitchen from your employer. Get aid from labour authorities for better employment protections as available to you by law.
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Jerry’s Metronomic Protocol is Working!
At his recent visit to the Vet Cancer Care Clinic, Jerry the three-legged wonder dog found out his chemotherapy and metronomic treatment have reduced the size of his osteosarcoma lung metastasis lesions by ten percent! Learn all about cancer in dogs and life on three legs at www.tripawds.com!
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Q&A: Question about breast cancer treatment and working?
Question by VCL: Question about breast cancer treatment and working?
I am a nurse who works in a General surgery and Breast Clinic. I see patients before and after surgery, including patients who are undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Now, I find myself to be one of them. I am currently taking chemo for my breast cancer and will be losing my hair in the next couple of weeks. I think I am prepared for it. I’ve bought a wig and have a collection of caps, scarves and hats. At first, I planned on wearing my wig on the days I am working, but I’ve had a lot of people tell me that wigs can get pretty hot to wear, and with Spring here and Summer coming…. I have been re-thinking that decision. I will never go out in public with a bald head, but am planning on always wearing at least a cap. I am curious about what people really think about going in to see a doctor and have the nurse who checks you in wearing a cap or scarf to cover a bald head? Would you be concerned about having a “sick” nurse take care of you? One of my co-workers said she thought that my breast patients especially would probably really respect me. But on the other hand, if they are there to be told about a new diagnosis of breast cancer, would it make them feel worse to see a nurse and be reminded that they too, will loose their hair going through the chemotherapy?
Thanks for your time and thoughts to answer my question.
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Answer by iceman
I dont think it would bother me at all..
Actually, if anything it would probably make you feel a little more at ease. Knowing that the person treating you knows exactly what you will be going through.
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Patricia Gallagher on Saskatchewan Working Women
Patsy Gallagher talks about her involvment in the left and with SWW. Remembering Patsy Gallagher By Lorne Brown Regina Patsy Gallagher 1939-2006 The labour and socialist movements in our country suffered a grave loss when Patricia (Patsy) Gallagher died on June 19, 2006, of complications after surgery for lung cancer. She was only 66. Patsy played a major role in many of the political and social struggles of her lifetime. She was born in Saskatchewan to a working-class family in a cultural milieu rare in Canada today. It was mainly a socialist culture and some of Patsy’s relatives were Communists. It was in this atmosphere that Patsy developed a solid class and political outlook, which guided her throughout her life. Patsy was active in many of the progressive political causes of the 1960s, including the nuclear disarmament movement and the peace movement. In the mid-1960s she worked with the students’ union and the library at what was then the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan. While there she was also involved in forming a CUPE local. It was her work with the students that led Patsy to work with the Canadian Union of Students (CUS) in Ottawa at the end of the decade. It was the peak of the radical student movement in Canada, then, and Patsy’s political background and experience made her much more sophisticated than most student leaders of the day. Like many of us, Patsy was also active in the New Democratic Youth and the NDP. This activity included work …
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How soon after radiation therapy can they do tests to see if it’s working?
Question by forgivenx72: How soon after radiation therapy can they do tests to see if it’s working?
My husband has stage 4, non-small cell lung cancer mets to the bones, He just finished 15 days of radiation and 3 radiation enhancing doses of Taxol chemo. The radiation was targeted at a large tumor in the lungs. How soon can they do a CT or PET scan and see if it helped or if we need to change treatment stratagies. He is starting Carboplatin next week.
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Answer by Sharon T
I’m guessing a month but you don’t need guesses. You need facts that should be available by asking someone on his treatment team. Do you have a facilitator? If so, ask that person. A Nurse Practitioner on the team is also a good resource. Never be afraid to ask them questions.
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Construction Workers Recall Working Around Asbestos before 1980 New York City Schools
This is clipped from a 1978 film which provided an explanation of asbestos, the dangers it poses to our health, and the importance of precautionary measures to prevent exposure. The film was used to inform workers, contractors, school systems, and general audiences of techniques for solving asbestos removal problems, some precautionary measures for workers, and the use of personal protective equipment. A booklet was also developed by Battelle Laboratories and New York City schools, in cooperation with the Labor Department’sOccupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Cancer Institute-the funding agency for the project. The booklet “Asbestos Abatement/ Control Guidance Manual” was designed as a technical aid for specification writers, mechanics, inspectors, and designers who work on asbestos related projects. It covers such areas as guidelines for identification and location of materials that contain asbestos, asbestos abatement and control methods, work and inspection procedures, personal protective equipment, reporting procedures, and a number of do’s and don’ts to be followed while working on asbestos removal projects. During the 1980s, Congress passed several laws and EPA enacted regulations designed to govern the use of asbestos and better protect the public. In 1986, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) was signed into law as Title II of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA …
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Why don’t we try to stop death instead of micromanaging death by working on cures for cancer, disease, ect?
Question by Canadian: Why don’t we try to stop death instead of micromanaging death by working on cures for cancer, disease, ect?
YES “nicepudd” that is exactly what I am saying
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Answer by nicepuddin
Your question does not make sense. Are you saying working on cures for cancer, disease, etc, is “micromanaging death”?
Ok, well isn’t working on cures for cancer, disease, etc, also a way of trying to stop death (or at least postpone it)? If not, what do you think we should do to try to stop death instead? I am puzzled.
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Options for breast cancer treatment – working with your doctor
Dr. Michael Siena of Berkshire Medical Center discusses the importance of making an informed medical decision when undergoing treatment for breast cancer
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A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association challenges a practice used to treat breast cancer for decades. Learn more about Dr. Magaziner and breast cancer treatment options at drmagaziner.com This study claims surgically removing lymph nodes from a patient is – in some cases – unnecessary. The study also says the procedure could lead to painful swelling for those who undergo the surgery. Woman are hearing a lot of different information from a lot of different studies – do how do we know what is right? Dr. Allan Magaziner from The Magaziner Center for Wellness joined Fox 29′s Lauren Cohn to talk more about this study. The doctor also addresses a new study on diet soda that asserts diet soda drinkers are at increased risk for stroke and heart attack.
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Science Reporters’ Seminar Working Lunch – Group Discussion
Science Reporters’ Seminar on Genome-Wide Association Studies ( genome.gov ) Larry Thompson, Moderator Director, Communications and Public Liaison Branch
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How long left after cancer treatment stops working?
Question by Blair: How long left after cancer treatment stops working?
Once your body starts rejecting the kemo and theres nothing else left to do, typically how long after the person have? And whats the longest they could have to live (without a cure and taking into consideration the kemo has been stopped)?
Also, symptoms of cancer?
the patient is 15 years old and has leukemia if that helps at all and kemo has been stopped
btw, I keep writing “kemo” for some reason, what I mean is “chemo”
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Answer by tjallen24
everyone is different, there is no telling how long a person has to live.
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