Passions: Jeffrey Sweeney, Yogi
Every morning , Jeffrey Sweeney spends two hours putting his legs behind his head. And standing on his hands, and bending backward to grab... Read story
Health and Fitness
Program Helps People with AIDS Be Productive Workers
Today' s treatments help people with HIV and AIDS live longer, more productive lives, but manycompanies haven' t kept up with the good news. "Emplo... Read story
Bark for Room Service
Trisha Reed, owner of the Barkington Inn & Pet Resort, in Webster, Tex., is part of a new breed of entrepreneur that's catering to doting pet owners. Sinc... Read story
Screen For High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, if left untreated, greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, coronary heart disease, and congestive heart... Read story
Wellness Programs Can Save Companies Money
Companies that want to save on health care costs have no choice but to invest in wellness programs, says DeeEdington, director of the Health Management Re... Read story
The Anonymous Alcoholic
Problem drinkers often don't even know they're the problem. Read story
The Beat Goes On, With Their Device's Help
In a modest industrial park building just outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., a small company called Medrad Inc. is refining a heart device that could save many o... Read story
Fit Employees Fatten The Bottom Line
Company-Sponsored health programs improve morale and productivity. Read story
The Heart Of The Matter: Bypass Surgery
After his third heart attack, William Lewis faced the risks of a coronary bypass. Read story
Where To Get Help
For general information about sleep and what interferes with it, write or call: Stephen Kennedy, Project Sleep, Room 10C05 Park Lawn Building, 5600 ... Read story
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Allan, the owner of an electronics firm outside Boston, was an insomniac. Most nights it took him at least an hour to fall asleep; he usually got up sever... Read story
Health Care Associations
Industry-specific associations can help you research hard-to-find details about the industry you're in and offer valuable networking opportunities with bu... Read story
Assertiveness At Work, By Linda A. Macneilage And Kathleen A. Adams. Prentice-hall, Englewood Cliffs, Nj 07632; 266 Pp., $7.95.
Two clinical psychologists tell how to stop being an organization wimp. Read story
Facing Surgery
Businesspeople in need of minor surgery are increasingly using day surgery centers that don't require patients to spend the night. At New York Unive... Read story
Life After Stress, By Martin Shaffer. Plenum, 233 Spring St., New York, Ny 10013; 273 Pp., $14.95.
A clinical psychologist tells how to relax at work and at home. Read story
The Bald Facts About Treating Hair Loss
a) Treat it with drugs, b) shift it in plugs, c) cover it with rugs, or, says the Bald-Headed Men of America, d) none of the above. Read story
Filllng In On Health Care
"Rx for trimming health-care costs" (Financial Tactics, August) omitted several important elements that are available to contain and trim health-care cost... Read story
Injecting Innovation into a $6.2 Billion Market
The winner of this year's prestigious Massacusetts Institute of Technology $50K Entrepreneurship Competition was SmartCells, whose business plan combines ... Read story
Relaxation Resources
On pages 65 through 79 of the February 2004 issue , <... Read story
Get Physical
In my last column I talked in general about the relationship between your company's c... Read story
Get Physical
In my last column I talked in general about the relationship between your company's c... Read story
Get Physical
What's the one indispensable factor to creating a company culture that rocks? Making physical fitness a top priority. Read story
Missouri Lowers Requirement for Association Health Plans
The number of companies needed to form an association will drop from 100 to 50. Read story
Coverage, but at What Price?
THE OBAMA AGENDA, IN DETAIL Democrat Barack Obama's proposal is as at least as sweep... Read story
AIDS in the Workplace
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease that impairs the human immune system and renders it susceptible to infections that would be repell... Read story
Ergonomics
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Health Insurance Options
Related Terms: Employee Benefits Health in... Read story
Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations
Related Terms: Employee Benefits ; Read story
Health Promotion Programs
A health promotion program—sometimes known as a wellness program—is a type of employee benefit that encompasses the various efforts companies make to ... Read story
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid are health insurance programs sponsored by the federal government that cover medical expenses for elderly, disabled, and low-income ... Read story
Smoke Free Environment
The term smoke free environment is sometimes used indiscriminately to discuss both 100 percent smoke free areas as well as segregated and ventilated areas... Read story
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse in the workplace is a subject of concern to many small business owners, to one degree or another. Oftentimes the issue is a sensitive one ... Read story
Workstation
Related Terms: Ergonomics ; Read story
Risky Business
With the right kind of self-insurance, you can trim as much as 20% off your health insurance bills. Read story
Preferential Treatment
Employers are looking for preferred provider organizations to help cap the cost of employee health care. But it is too soon to tell just how hardy these plan... Read story
Health Care Stocks: "90% Confusion And 10% Opportunity"
Choosing the right health care stocks; Read story
Emergency, Inc.;
An odd-looking trophy adorns the desk of Stanley R. Gold, M.D., founder and president of American Emergicenter Inc., a chain of publicly owned walk-in med... Read story
Health Crisis;
MORE THAN 12,000 PEOPLE are likely to get acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the next year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. For ... Read story
Keeping Fit
While most businesses are trying to control health insurance costs, some companies are spending more on employee health programs than ever before. Read story
Only In America;
-- From an Associated Press dispatch A MAN HAS BEEN DISMISSED AFTER leaving his maintenance job to respond to an emergency call to help two victims of hea... Read story
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