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
Medical Specializations
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
The Heart Of The Matter: Bypass Surgery
After his third heart attack, William Lewis faced the risks of a coronary bypass. 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
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
Ergonomics
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Workstation
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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
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
Medical-Food Start-up Offers Tasty Treatments
An overview of a hot start-up that's marketing good-tasting foods designed to help treat chronic medical conditions. Read story
Honorable Mention: The Anti-FEMA
As government officials dawdled, Richard Zuschlag didn't miss a beat. He sent his medics into flood-ravaged New Orleans, where they rescued more than 7,000 p... Read story
An Ad Model That Works
Why an imaginative, sound advertising model has made Healthcommunities.com consistently profitable. Read story
Help Employees Reduce Work-Related Stress
Employee stress and customer service are like oil and water--the two don't mix. A stressed-out employee in any industry is likely to be irritable or downr... Read story
Enter Ergonomics
Smart businesses aren't waiting for regulations or lawsuits to prompt action geared to preventing such repetitive-motion injuries as carpal tunnel syndrom... Read story
The Future of the Human Body
Ten innovations that will improve quality of life—and bring down health care costs Read story
Warning: A Good Economy May Be Hazardous to Your Health
New research shows a potential link between prosperous times and fatal heart attacks. Read story
Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations
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No False Moves
Small companies waste untold dollars on technology that doesn't begin to solve their problems. Here's how to analyze your business and develop a focused tech... Read story
Looking At Vdts
Imagine buying equipment for half the employees of your company and finding out that you have condemned them to suffer cataracts and birth defects. ... Read story
Oh, My Aching Back
If you have an attack of back pain, don't just keep working. An orthopedic surgeon offers advice on easing the pain and preventing recurrences. Read story
Personal Pediatrics Wants to Revive the Vanishing Art of the House Call.
First it needs $1 million. Read story
The Get Ahead Guide: Erin McKenna Makes the Best Cupcakes in New York City
Now she wants to go national. How fast can she grow? Read story
Study: Smoke-Free Workplaces Reduce Heart Attack Risk
New research shows smoking bans are cutting heart attacks among employees by half. Read story
Benefits;
Type of health program, % of managers claiming from most common to least: program boosted morale: Smoking control ... Read story
Turning Sales Into Science
It's a question almost as old as commerce itself: Is selling an art or a science? For years, technology companies have been trying to transform the ... 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
U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Overtime Rules
April 2004 --On April 20, 2004, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced the final regulations governing overtime eligibility of "... Read story
The Nurse Will See You Now
Low-cost clinics staffed by nurses instead of M.D.'s could cut your health care costs. But you may want to think twice before sending your employees to one. Read story
The Nurse Will See You Now
Low-cost clinics staffed by nurses instead of M.D.'s could cut your health care costs. But you may want to think twice before sending your employees to one. 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
The Sounds of Silence
In conversation, nonverbal cues can be just as revealing as what's actually said. They're just harder to hear. Read story
Entrepreneur of the Year: What Alison Schuback Wants
Her life was changed forever by a speeding car. From now on -- with her independence growing, her family close, and her business moving forward -- the chang... Read story
Passions: Vernon LaVia, Bird Watcher
To call him avid would be an understatement. In the bird-watching world, where bragging rights belong to those with the longest lists of ... Read story
Innovation: CardioMEMS EndoSure Sensor
CardioMEMS creates body sensors that monitor cardiovascular health Read story
Healthy Workers Cost Less
Creating incentives to keep workers healthy so that health insurance will cost less. Read story
Arizona Son
When the Pima Indians asked Steve May for help, his passion for public affairs rose to the occasion. Read story
Running A Business Can Be A Killer
You may feel calm when your body is reacting dangerously to stress. Read story
All Stressed-up And Nowhere To Go
You think it's your customers, your suppliers, your banker causing that knot in your stomach. More likely, it's the way you're running your company. Read story
Aetna Offers Low-Cost Healthcare Plans
Aetna (NYSE:AET) has announced a new plan to provide affordable health benefits to small-business employees that live or work in New York City. The N... Read story
What are the pros and cons of offering my employees an HMO vs. PPO health plan?
Offices & Operations mentor Mie-Yun Lee responds: Over three-quarters of employees with health insurance are enrolled in either HMO ... Read story
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