Research deserves the Goldwater trophy

Many will remember the Goldwater awards for research of the obvious. From the BMJ this week is report of a study that shows that when researchers examined the link between health and wealth in rich countries they found that healthier people are more productive at work, earn more, and spend more time in the labour force. Anyone with any exposure to occupational health practice would know this Clearly the knowledge of occupational health specialists is not getting out to the general public or the general medical community, otherwise this 'amazing' research would not have been reported..