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The carpal tunnel syndrome epidemic of the 1990s, which was once deemed 'the industrial disease of the information age,' has seemingly disappeared. Investigative journalist Ben Ryan explores the boom-and-bust cycle of reported worker injuries in white-collar workers and reveals that the explosion of reported injuries was not what it seemed. Ryan's article on the panic surrounding carpal tunnel syndrome has been published on The Atlantic's homepage.
Something I didn't appreciate until injuring my hand last year was just how much having one health problem can snowball and create more health problems Example for illustration: - Last September, I cut my hand on glass and promptly had surgery to repair the tendons. Recovery… https://t.co/0AnWiaiqLQ
Repetitive strain injuries caused by too much typing were once deemed “the industrial disease of the information age.” Then the problem seemed to disappear. @BenRyanWriter investigates what happened: https://t.co/e200NPytZN
Five months of reporting, writing, fact checking, editing, more reporting, more editing, more fact checking, more editing and more fact checking has finally led my article on the great carpal tunnel syndrome panic of the 1990s to the home page of @TheAtlantic. Phew!! https://t.co/P4uGLsv4Rt
Woman with OCD so bad she'd spend 8 hours a day checking doors were locked and washing her hands until they bled is CURED by brain implant the size of a Band-Aid https://t.co/zb54QCkajh https://t.co/Y7jjil38PI
Woman with OCD so bad she'd spend 8 hours a day checking doors were locked and washing her hands until they bled is CURED by brain implant the size of a Band-Aid https://t.co/bPAfnsdkae https://t.co/VFfqhwcbiN
Whatever happened to carpal tunnel syndrome. https://t.co/Jy0kjG2A8F
Repetitive strain injuries caused by too much typing were once deemed “the industrial disease of the information age.” Then the problem seemed to disappear. @BenRyanWriter investigates what happened: https://t.co/wqWSF1AM9T
Remember the great carpal tunnel syndrome epidemic of the 1990s? I investigated for @TheAtlantic what drove this boom-and-bust cycle in white-collar workers and found that this explosion of reported worker injuries was never what it seemed. 🧵 https://t.co/bpi0F8twVc