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Albany, NY — Non-opioid painkillers are as effective as opioids in treating acute arm or leg pain in adults, according to researchers from Albany Medical College and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

What you don’t know can hurt you. An easy way to see how your safety program is doing is by using the NSC Safety System Assessment – free when you sign up for the Journey to Safety Excellence.

To help employees understand the risks of taking opioids, the National Safety Council is offering free “Opioids: Warn Me” self-stick labels for insurance cards.

Make plans now to attend the 2018 NSC Southern Safety Conference & Expo (formerly the NSC Texas Safety Conference & Expo) in New Orleans. Set to take place April 11-13, the conference is your opportunity to meet with like-minded safety, health and environmental professionals.

Tool tethers, lanyards and hoist buckets are commonplace at construction sites. Here, industry insiders share developments on these safety tools and what you need to know.

A recap of the biggest news out of the 2017 NSC Congress & Expo, which took place Sept. 23-29 in Indianapolis.

Morgantown, WV — People who are prescribed sedatives or narcotics often receive warnings about the medications’ possible effect on driving ability, but those prescribed antidepressants or stimulants – such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medications – aren’t cautioned as frequently, according to a recent study from West Virginia University.

Itasca, IL – One in four Americans have a personal connection to the ongoing opioid epidemic, having either overcome addiction to prescription pain medication or known someone who has become addicted, overdosed or died from an overdose, the results of a new survey conducted by the National Safety Council show.

Atlanta – Obese or overweight people have an increased risk for 13 types of cancer, according to a recent study by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.