11/03/2014
Sitting too long. Hazardous too overall organ health and function. Then what about cancer causing?
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20140407/sitting-disease-faq
Sitting Your Life Away?
New studies add more weight to earlier research suggesting that too much sitting is bad -- even if you get regular exercise. Learn more at WebMD.
10/11/2014
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4705917
Half of Cancers Are Preventable: Lower Your Risk With These 8 Steps
If there's one key scientific finding over the past two decades that has the greatest potential to have a positive impact on cancer, it's that 50 percent or more of all cancer is preventable by things we can do....
09/05/2014
A careful view of the private exchange model is generating considerable excitement about the potential of a mature marketplace delivering solid results on cost management and higher quality of care a few years from now.
http://eba.benefitnews.com/health-insurance-exchange/news/Group-Offers-Guidance-Private-Exchange-Options-2737669-1.html?hix
Group Offers Guidance on Private Exchange Options
A new group s mission is to solicit and provide unbiased, comparative information and support on private exchange strategies and purchasing decisions.
08/07/2014
Researchers in UK explore if quickly processing visual information in later life means staying more mentally acute. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/280714.php
Intelligence as we age linked to spotting things quickly
A decline in intelligence later in life has been linked to a decline in how quickly the brain is able to interpret what the eye sees, according to a new study.
08/06/2014
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
― Maria Robinson, author
06/19/2014
Found connection between long-term unemployment and big-time waistlines. See stats extending to co-morbidities. http://www.benefitspro.com/2014/06/18/long-term-unemployed-pack-on-the-pounds?ref=hp
Long-term unemployed pack on the pounds | BenefitsPro
Results show that obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure occur much more frequently among those in the long-term unemployment category.
06/14/2014
Claimed runaway spending & employment heights v Harvard study showing American hospital productivity and efficiency.
Where to cut care costs?
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21604206-public-and-private-austerity-takes-its-toll-health-care-workers-drugs-wear?zid=318&ah=ac379c09c1c3fb67e0e8fd1964d5247f
The drugs wear off
RUNAWAY health-care spending has one silver lining: it generates millions of jobs for doctors, nurses and medical orderlies. Employment at doctors’ offices,...
06/08/2014
Companies that work with Physico value taking care of what they've built -- and those that help build it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3MnrVl_mT8
Proposition
06/05/2014
Don't succumb to sitting disease. During work, stand up and incorporate movement and exercise into your work day. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/21/sitting-disease-heart-failure/4661431/
Are you sitting down? Your heart failure risk is higher
Both sitting too much and exercising too little increase the risk of heart failure.
06/04/2014
Changing employee expectations have employers turning to robust PEO benefits to support recruitment and retention.
http://www.benefitspro.com/2014/06/03/brokers-working-with-peos?ref=hp
Brokers working with PEOs | BenefitsPro
Brokers are recognizing that partnering with a PEO not only benefits their clients, but gives them a considerable competitive edge and an additional revenue stream.