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Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines -RAND
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the...Tags: Cumulus Media Incorporated, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Safety at Work, Science and Technology, Stroke
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Exclusive: 'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines - RAND
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care Act and a...Tags: Cumulus Media Incorporated, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Safety at Work, Science and Technology, Stroke
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Woman takes a new approach to improving her life
PETOSKEY — This past summer, Karen Bissonette asked her doctor if she could have just three more months. The 63-year-old Indian River woman was on medication to control high blood pressure. Her doctor wanted her to take cholesterol lowering...
Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Back Pain, Health Treatments, Fibromyalgia
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Stroke patients' walking improved with insoles
A shoe insert less than half of an inch high helped Phillip Conybear regain his balance after he suffered two strokes. "Ever since the first stroke (in 1993), I have had really bad balance," said Conybear, 61, of Woodridge, who suffered a second stroke...
Tags: Health Treatments, Physical Therapists, Stroke, Physical Conditions, Physical Therapy
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Harborside Nursing in Baltimore lays off 71, state says
Harborside Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore told state regulators that it had laid off 71 workers, the state said Tuesday. The West Franklin Street facility said the layoff was effective Saturday, according to the state Department of Labor,...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace, Nursing
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Kirk leaves rehab center
Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a major stroke in January, has left the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and will continue treatment there as an outpatient, his family and an aide said Thursday.
"We are happy to say … Mark has progressed to the...Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Politics, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Kirk's condition after stroke is closely guarded
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a major stroke a month ago, is recovering quietly, with careful limits on both his visitors and information about his condition.
Kirk, 52, is being treated at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago after...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Judy Biggert, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Mark Kirk
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Kirk ‘adapting well’ at rehabilitation center
TribLocal - EvanstonSen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke last month, is “adapting well” at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and has started walking on a treadmill. …... -
After stroke, antidepressants aid in regaining mobility
Stroke victims who took the antidepressant Prozac for three months following the interruption of blood flow to the brain regained more mobility, and showed lower rates of depression, than those given a placebo pill, a new study has found. The European...Tags: Depression, Pharmaceuticals, Stroke, Trials, University of California, Los Angeles
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