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Dec 04 2014

RedBrick, a patient engagement and wellness company, said that a study of members who completed their programs showed significant weight, blood pressure and cholesterol level improvement compared to similar patients who did not participate in a program.

https://home.redbrickhealth.com/pressrelease/large-scale-research-study-finds-redbrick-journeys-reduce-biometric-health-risks-improve-health-habits/
Dec 02 2014

A study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine reviews wellness program evaluations and finds that they can have a positive ROI.

http://journals.lww.com/joem/Citation/2014/09000/Do_Workplace_Health_Promotion__Wellness__Programs.6.aspx
Aug 04 2014

A review of breast cancer screening in JAMA summarizes current recommendations and outlines the need for further advances.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1853137
Apr 23 2014

A monster.com survey finds that 42% of employees say they have left a job because of  work-related stress and a large number say that work stress has led to absenteeism and health problems.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryndill/2014/04/18/survey-42-of-employees-have-changed-jobs-due-to-stress/
Apr 18 2014

Healthways has released the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, measuring health and quality of wellness in the United States.

http://info.healthways.com/wbi2013?hsCtaTracking=9c9c8f32-9155-409b-9d68-52a652938083%7Cdb3919ad-293c-4f04-8e02-6156b65b3122&utm_campaign=Well-Being%20Index%202013&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9XQT0I0O4nkLiziYwOg_AcrLkDtE-630MU-14jvS_kSMdjGQOX_Zr2ivRyPSu_-MakCu2AKjLSDtBDv4XHawiO7WYGaQ&utm_content=12499750&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=12499750
Mar 11 2014

In the very odd category, research in JAMA suggests that having a casino open or expand is correlated with a decrease in rates of childhood obesity among Native Americans.  No explanation provided.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1835503
Feb 14 2014

A large study done in Canada over 25 years and reported in the British Medical Journal suggests that mammography screening does not lower death rates from breast cancer and likely results in unnecessary treatment which can cause harm to the women receiving it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/health/study-adds-new-doubts-about-value-of-mammograms.html
Feb 05 2014

CVS is going to stop selling tobacco products in its drugstores, which seems appropriate for a health business.

http://info.cvscaremark.com/newsroom/press-releases/cvs-caremark-stop-selling-tobacco-all-cvspharmacy-locations
Jan 22 2014

According to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, eating more nuts is correlated with a lower risk of total and cause-specific mortality, so go nuts on nuts!!

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1307352
Jan 14 2014

The Employee Benefits Research Institute issued a short brief detailing reasons for wellness program participation.  A survey found that the desire to improve health was the main reason for participating and that a belief that the person could make changes on their own or lack of time were the main reasons for not participating.  Cash incentives and premium discounts would motivate more participation.

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FF.263.Wellness.9Jan14.pdf
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