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 We spend nearly half our day at our workplace; therefore, stress at work is bound to have a profound impact on our lives. A person undergoes various forms of work stress, irrespective of whether he is working in an urban or rural area. It’s just that the nature of the problem may vary. While [...]
Almost all corporates seem to be under the impression that putting pressure, increasing work hours, and paying the bare minimum are the magic formulas to growing faster. While this is true to some extent, considering the sorry state of affairs in any of India’s governmental institutions or offices, there is a need to be more [...]
Good eating habits lay the foundation to preserve your health. It is very important to balance your food choices. You should always eat a healthy diet that will provide you with all the essential dietary nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. Changes that you implement towards a healthier lifestyle will have a long [...]
It is known that physical disorders can affect a person’s mental health. But it also stands true for the vice versa. Psychological states like depression and stress can lead to poor health state. This will reduce your confidence in managing problems, and hence, affect your productivity.  Today our lives run at super speed. Twenty [...]
We all are aware of the fact that smoking is injurious to health. This statement is printed on the cigarette packs but still the packs are sold. The increase in the sales of these cigarette packs is because smoking is an addiction. Some common reasons for getting involved in smoking are peer pressure or following [...]
Investment in wellness programs is not the self-starter that many would like to believe when it comes to implementation in corporates all over the world. HR managers seem reluctant to adopt despite the benefits being there for all to see based on the implementation in some companies. As a case in point a recent article [...]
We should also have a Right to Health Information Act, just like we have a Right to Information Act, to help patients to get access to their own medical records. Sometimes these are locked up and hidden away from patients – so that doctors and hospitals block patient access to something as basic as to what their diagnosis is and what treatment is being given for this.
Research (of nearly 1.3 million employees, from more than 125 employers) conducted by Gordian Health Solutions, a leading national personal health coaching company, and Memphis-based Health and Performance Resources (HPR) reveals that the common belief that healthier employees are the ones to use employee wellness programs may not be accurate. This will reassure employers who [...]
A recent survey (of 225 major U.S. companies employing 7.6 million employees) by the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and IncentOne shows that the number of major U.S. employers using incentives to promote employer-sponsored health and wellness programs rose from 62 percent to 71 percent between 2007 and 2008. The [...]
Was employee health & wellness on your company’s new year’s resolutions list? Here we are a little over midway into the fourth month of 2008, the time when resolutions start to falter if they haven’t lost momentum completely. Has your employee wellness resolution fallen by the wayside? If so, there are still ways to get [...]
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