Employers’ efforts to get their staff to shed unneeded pounds, stop smoking and otherwise get better their health are probable to be unsuccessful unless wellness programs are considered and implemented properly, a new research brief says.
The objective of these programs, of course, is an attempt to stem increasing health-care expenses. Employers have called their workers’ [...]

Retired physician of more than 20 years, Cleaves Bennett, seeks to explain the reasons for today’s skyrocketing health care costs in this country. While he recognizes that this is a tall order, there are certain factors that are plain to see. Bennett places a lot of blame on certain health problems which have come about [...]