You may not realise it, but ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death (in the U.S.) from cancer of the female reproductive system,
Your body is made of trillions of cells. Cells make up every single organ, gland and tissue in the body.
There has been significant interest in following last year's Gulf Oil spill related to human interaction and cleanup for local government workers and volunteers.
If you don't have diabetes, you may assume that managing the disease is a simple matter of staying away from sugar,
There are certain phrases that people dread hearing in their lifetime, "Let's just be friends"�, "We have to talk"� and "You have cancer"�.
Each day we are faced with situations in life that require us to make choices. Some of these choices are easy, and at times, some of them can be difficult.
Healthcare reform issues have frequently dominated the headlines over the past year.
Pharmaceutical costs, especially those for brand name, maintenance drugs, have been a
Have you ever wanted more time? More time to get things done and more time for you to live life? Just having an extra hour in the day or an extra day in the week would make life a bit easier wouldn't it?
In response to Lisa Holland's April 1, 2011 National Healthcare Reform Magazine article,
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Don HallSince maximizing resources for enhancing worker capacity and sustaining a competitive edge is more important than ever before,
Corporate wellness programs have been reported to improve employee health,
On-the-job injuries often involve chronic pain for injured workers and long-term liability for workers' compensation self-insured payors.
For most of us, preventing disease, especially cancer, is an important reason to create lasting changes around our health.
With healthcare reform mandating coverage for many preventative services employers are taking a closer look
MLR's, Cadillac Plan taxes, grandfathering, higher deductibles and co-pays all are,
The Affordable Care Act will have numerous effects on the healthcare industry.
"It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!"� You've heard that about a millions time regarding a million different things.
Workplace wellness programs are helping thousands across the country to prevent chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes,
Ever since the first Surgeon General's report was released nearly fifty50 years ago, the medical and financial consequences of tobacco use have become widely known.
Workplace wellness is an important focus for businesses but it is even more important in health care work environments where staff model health behavior.
Do you repeatedly procrastinate? Do you wonder why you don't just get on with it? If procrastination is a "gap between intention and action"� what keeps you from putting your intention into action?
Assertiveness means standing up for your own rights in a way that respects the rights of others.
Whether your work day is spent behind a desk or on the move, pain is something we have all experienced at one point or another.
When you have diabetes, much of your treatment and care comes from the decisions you make on a daily basis.
A major, but often unrecognized, factor underlying most employers'
With such a great amount of stress encountered in our daily lives,
Given the continual steep rise in health care costs in an already challenging economic environment,
We found that the more information we shared with employees and their families, the more contagious the program became.
Over the last decade, as businesses large and small have struggled to contain healthcare costs, they've turned to health plans, wellness and benefits consultants,
Many corporate wellness programs include incentives for exercise, nutrition and weight loss goals that promote a proactive attitude toward health.
In the past several decades, women have made great gains in the workplace. Today, more than 40 percent of women are in management positions,
In January 2010, the media quickly hopped onto the "sitting can kill you"�
It's commonly accepted advice: sweat it out to clear your head.
The establishment of the health risk appraisal and advent of corporate fitness centers more than 20 years ago was the beginning of worksite health promotion as we know it today.
Is your company's Wellness program waning? Has the program become stale and banal? If so, now is the perfect time to reassess,
The Nurses' Health Studies are among the largest and longest running investigations of factors that influence women's health.
When you think about health care cost-containment, you probably envision wellness programs such as weight loss plans, exercise regimens and smoking cessation programs.
We have come a long way from the days when corporate wellness programs were viewed as good-to-have rather than as a need-to-have.
There is an old Chinese proverb that states, "No matter how far you've
The Voluntary Benefits Magazine, Corporate Wellness Magazine, Self Funding Magazine,
It's a rare feat in today's business world when an organization can avoid reducing health insurance benefits or shifting costs onto employees in the face of runaway
Among the many provisions in the controversial health care reform law are the wellness and health promotion initiatives
Businesses come in all shapes and sizes, much like the CEOs who run them.
With the worldwide obesity epidemic continuing to snowball, employers face the challenge of making
If you are an employer looking to provide health care options for those new workers still in their initial eligibility stage,
Many companies have or are beginning to establish corporate wellness programs for employees as it uniquely benefits both the employee and the company.
I think one of the problems we are facing with the declining health of Americans is that we are trying to tackle the problem on too large of a basis; a macro level, when we should be focusing on a micro level.
Most wellness committees deliver frequent messages about food""tips sent with good intentions that prescribe what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat.
How does an employer know if their wellness program is performing at a high level?
