As the National Law Review reports, the FDA recently issued "final guidance for general wellness devices." The post continues: "The final guidance exempts from active FDA oversight devices that are intended only for general wellness use and present a low risk to the...
Obesity is clearly a major concern and focus of workplace wellness programs. Given this, among other topics, we have reported on the connections between obesity and cardiovascular disease, as well as how focusing on obesity in the workplace can help reduce health...
Phyllis Korkki is an assignment editor for Sunday Business and the author of “The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even if You’re a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me.” She recently wrote about a problem that seems pervasive in the U.S....
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Primary Care writes that "For over 50 years, community health centers have delivered comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary health care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. In 1965, the...
We know that obesity is a major factor in diabetes, and a key focus area for many workplace wellness programs. But a new study shows that obesity may be an even bigger factor than many thought. The New York Times reports that "Carrying excess weight may have a greater...
We know the vast value to individuals and workplaces around helping employees stop smoking. Most recently, we reported about it here and here and here. Now a new New York Times Well Blog piece outlines reasons why "Being Unfit May Be Almost as Bad for You as Smoking."...
We're still enjoying summer and don't want to think about flu season yet, but a newly published study is worth noting. As the New York Times writes: "Flu Vaccine Has Added Benefits for People With Diabetes." The piece begins: "People with Type 2 diabetes may get an...
EHS Today writes that "The American Heart Association recently published a study that provides further support for well-rounded employee wellness programs." The AHA reports that " Spending a cumulative 2.5 hours a week doing recreational physical activity is linked...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently told the Huffington Post that "Emotional well-being is more than the absence of a mental illness. It’s that resource within each of us which allows us to reach ever closer to our full potential, and which also enables us to...