by Silvio Bianculli on April 19, 2013

With companies facing ever higher health care costs,employers are now using real money, and sometimes penalties, to make sure their employees are taking responsibility of their own health. MarketWatch’s Jim Jelter reports, in a recent article posted in the Wall Street Journal, dated April 15 2013… At the Berth Israel Deaconess Medical Center situated in Boston [...]
by Silvio Bianculli on April 18, 2013

When your employees are out sick or on disability, how well does your company manage? Are your employees overweight or obese? Research shows that nearly 30% of the workforce is obese. Obesity contributes to a myriad of health problems, such as heart attacks, cancer, and diabetes, and costs the country billions of dollars. Carrying these [...]
by Silvio Bianculli on January 31, 2013

In a recent article published by the Harvard Medical School noted that life expectancy in a new born in the U S is around 78.2 years, a 65 year old can expect to live 19 years longer and a 75 year old can expect to live to another 12 years older. Also, a 2007 study in [...]