The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the prime time when many companies release new technologies. This year, health-related technologies were once again big players. According to Information Week, "healthcare technology is a core trend... at CES 2016...
What do the Mayo Clinic and Salvador Dali have in common? They both endorse sleep as a powerful component in productivity and creativity. We've reported previously on research showing that "employees who sleep better, work better." States the Mayo Clinic: "Sleep is...
Examiner.com recently reviewed the "top 10 coming shifts in wellness" from the recent recent Global Wellness Summit in Mexico City. Interestingly, many of these trends involve new wellness approaches that either are in the workplace already or that many workplaces...
It seems we are continually finding new ways to improve personal well-being -- and that many of those ways involve the workplace. Gallup.com does an excellent job of tracking important and actionable aspects of "Americans' health and well-being." They recently...
We're right in the middle of flu season, and as of last month, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that fewer than half of all Americans had gotten the flu vaccine. Said the CDC: "Forgoing vaccination leaves people vulnerable to getting flu and...
Should sitting too much at work scare you? According to JustStand.org... perhaps:
Is your heart older than you are? That's a question being posed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC states: "Most American adults have a heart that is older than their actual age. One way to understand your risk for a heart attack or stroke...
The New York Times ran a very prominent piece titled "The Decline of ‘Big Soda,’" and it represents an advancing of the ongoing discussion around soda and obesity in the U.S. The piece opens by documenting how various soda tax proposals have failed, however "even as...
This post from Cathy Kenworthy, Interactive Health CEO, was originally published in LinkedIn here. Please visit the original piece to leave any comment. It’s virtually impossible to name an industry that hasn’t been changed, disintermediated, or plain turned upside...