Corporate Wellness Magazine Articles

Lower Back Pain Prevention in the Workplace

Lower Back Pain Prevention in the Workplace

Douglas Won and Dr. Michael Rimlawi

In the office, much health and safety public attention is focused on manual labor in the field. However, significant numbers – on average 75 percent – of the workforce in the oil and gas industry, for example, have desk jobs. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
The Rock Stars of Wellness Present at the Corporate Wellness Conference

The Rock Stars of Wellness Present at the Corporate Wellness Conference

Jonathan Edelheit

I can’t tell you how excited I am at all of the rock star speakers that are coming to present at the Corporate Wellness Conference September 20-22nd 2010 in Los Angeles Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Suggestions and Resources for Healthy Meetings at your Worksite

Suggestions and Resources for Healthy Meetings at your Worksite

Barbara Moquin, Ph.D., APRN and Rachel Permuth-Levine, PhD, MSPH

Our physical and social environments can have a major impact on our health and safety. Many employees spend most of their waking hours in the workplace and those surroundings can influence choices to eat well and be active on a daily basis. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Medication Compliance Is a Top Concern for Employers

Medication Compliance Is a Top Concern for Employers

Dan Leonard, President, National Pharmaceutical Council

Some 54% of Americans don’t take their medicines or follow a treatment plan as prescribed by their health care provider. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
How to Make Behavior Change Last

How to Make Behavior Change Last

Michael White

One in five of American adults smoke. Half of the smoking population tries and fails to quit each year. Two thirds of us are overweight or obese and 95% of our diet plans fail. The medical community tells us that 70% of premature death and aging is lifestyle-related – a result of our bad health habits. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Prevention:  A Key to Cost-Containment

Prevention: A Key to Cost-Containment

Leah Tiller

Healthcare costs are spiraling out of control. Consider the following facts presented by Towers Perrin in a 2009 Healthcare Cost Survey: Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Healthcare Reform:  Moving the Wellness Needle, Compressing the Trend Curve – Healthier is Better

Healthcare Reform: Moving the Wellness Needle, Compressing the Trend Curve – Healthier is Better

Joe Torella

Critics of the new federal healthcare reform (HCR) provisions assert that the law is largely a move toward increased cost and higher taxes to cover the cost. HCR is a reality one must embrace, rather than simply criticize. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Become More Optimistic to Improve Health and Success

Become More Optimistic to Improve Health and Success

Jackie Ferguson

Is the glass of your life half-empty or half-full? Your answer may influence your professional and personal success and your mental and physical health, possibly even which diseases you develop. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Why Spain is Frightened to Develop On-Site Corporate Fitness Centres

Why Spain is Frightened to Develop On-Site Corporate Fitness Centres

Gautier Robin

Strangely, Spain has the first fitness penetration in the whole citizenship in West Europe, with a medium of 14% (Catalunya region is over 20%). In France, as example, this ratio is less than 5%. Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Good-Intentioned Wellness Programs Need Rules Too

Good-Intentioned Wellness Programs Need Rules Too

Emily Noll

A drier topic never draws a bigger crowd than a workshop on legal compliance regarding employment benefits. While Human Resource professionals aren’t required to be legal experts, Read more...

Jul 8, 2010
Getting Started on the Road to Better Health

Getting Started on the Road to Better Health

Careington International

It’s no secret that saving money is a great incentive to get employees started with a wellness program. Some people need that extra push that gives them a reason to go to the gym, to the doctor, or to take a walk.  Read more...

Jun 16, 2010
Taking Stress Management Techniques from the Office to Your Home

Taking Stress Management Techniques from the Office to Your Home

Phalla Keng and Rachel Permuth-Levine, PhD

There are many forms of stress management that people use to combat  Read more...

Jun 14, 2010
Brain Wave Vibration- Re-Booting Your Employees Brains

Brain Wave Vibration- Re-Booting Your Employees Brains

Wendy Hall

Imagine your organization’s productivity soaring towards profitable heights. Imagine your employees spending more time working efficiently and less time out sick.  Read more...

Jun 11, 2010
The One Thing to Save Health Care

The One Thing to Save Health Care

Scott Foster

Remember the movie “City Slickers?” During one of the better scenes, Curly (Jack Palance) tells Mitch (Billy Crystal) that life is about  Read more...

Jun 11, 2010
Interview with Vicki Robinson, Manager, Insurance Services, City of Las Vegas

Interview with Vicki Robinson, Manager, Insurance Services, City of Las Vegas

Corporate Wellness Magazine

Corporate Wellness Magazine: Vicki, tell us a little about yourself and what you do now with the City of Las Vegas. Read more...

Jun 11, 2010