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Undiagnosed sleep problems can impact job safety
Published on 12/22/2008 by JJ Keller
Undiagnosed sleep problems can impact job safety
Based on a study conducted by the Centers of Disease Control (CDC), 16 percent of the people in Georgia experience persistent problems staying awake during the day. However, only 10 percent have been diagnosed with a sleep disorder. Treating sleep problems before they could potentially develop into long-term health issues is important, since poor quality sleep can present a hazard on the roads and in the workplace, while reducing a person's quality of life.
“Excessive daytime sleepiness can be an indication of an undiagnosed sleep-related disorder,” says study author Michael Decker of CDC’s Chronic Viral Diseases Branch. “Insufficient sleep and sleep disorders are associated with chronic diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and obesity.Sleep-related issues also can be primary symptoms of mental illness, such as depression. But sleep-related issues can be symptoms of other problems.”
There is a probability that the findings — which reflected Georgians in urban and rural areas — can be generalized to the rest of the United States, but further studies would be needed to confirm this, Decker said. “Our findings highlight the need to educate the public about the symptoms of sleep disorders and to prompt them to seek appropriate care. We must also educate health care providers to recognize symptoms of sleep disorders when they are reported and to act upon them,” says Decker.
CDC has created the Web site http://www.cdc.gov/sleep/ to provide information about sleep and sleep disorders.
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The National Transportation Safety Board has published its agenda for the Safety, Mobility, and Aging Drivers forum, which will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. The two-day forum will be chaired by NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman.
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go-team to investigate today's highway accident involving a mid-size bus in Bethesda, Maryland. Local authorities have reported multiple injuries and one fatality.
Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the June 2009 fatal multivehicle collision involving a 2008 Volvo truck-tractor semitrailer and a traffic queue near Miami, Oklahoma, was caused by the truck driver's fatigue stemming from his acute sleep loss, circadian disruption associated with his shift work schedule, and mild sleep apnea. The 76-year-old driver failed to react to slowing and stopped traffic ahead by applying brakes or performing any evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with the traffic queue.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. There is one agenda item.
Washington, DC - Child passenger safety laws in 21 states and two U.S. territories still do not meet the safety recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board. Since 1996, the NTSB has called for state child restraint laws to cover all children up to 8 years old.
Washington, DC The National Transportation Safety Board will host a two-day public forum on safety issues related to the aging driver population. The "Safety, Mobility, and Aging Drivers" forum, chaired by NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman, will be held on November 9 and 10, 2010, in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC - In a speech today at the Operation Lifesaver, Inc.(OLI) Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman commended OLI for its leading role in efforts to reduce highway-rail grade crossing accidents by more than 80 percent since its founding in 1972.
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go- team to investigate today's highway accident involving two school buses in Gray Summit, Missouri.
The National Transportation Safety Board today released additional information on the rollover and fire of a cargo tank vehicle that occurred on Interstate 69 Southbound, Indianapolis, Indiana. This new information is released in advance of the NTSB's two-day public hearing set for August 3-4 in Washington, DC.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on the rollover and fire of a cargo tank vehicle that occurred on Interstate 69 Southbound, Indianapolis, Indiana. The two-day hearing will begin at 9 a.m. on August 3, 2010, at the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. -- Today the National Transportation Safety Board determined that last year’s fatal tour bus accident near Dolan Springs, Ariz. was a result of the driver being distracted by his manipulation of the driver’s side door as he was traveling about 70 mph on a divided highway. As the driver attended to the door, the vehicle drifted out of its lane. The driver then made an abrupt steering maneuver to correct the drift resulting in a loss of directional control of the medium-sized bus.
Washington, D.C. -- Today the National Transportation Safety Board determined that last year’s fatal tour bus accident near Dolan Springs, Ariz. was a result of the driver being distracted by his manipulation of the driver’s side door as he was traveling about 70 mph on a divided highway. As the driver attended to the door, the vehicle drifted out of its lane. The driver then made an abrupt steering maneuver to correct the drift resulting in a loss of directional control of the medium-sized bus.
On June 22 the National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on its investigation into a multiple-fatality, single-vehicle tour bus accident that occurred last year near Dolan Springs, Ariz.
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