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Six Things Employees Should Know about Heartburn (Part One)
To all of us who have experienced it (which is to say, virtually all of us), heartburn -- otherwise known as indigestion or acid reflux —...
May 15, 20194 min read


Six Things Employees Should Know about Sleeping Pills
This is the ninth in our December rundown of Quizzify's Greatest Hits. And as a special bonus, at the end we will share our own...
May 8, 20195 min read


Six Things Employees Should Know about Sleep
Wellness vendors tell employees that getting a good night’s sleep is important to overall health. Their sound observations include:...
Apr 22, 20193 min read


Six Things Your Employees Don’t Know About Dietary Fats and Oils
Fats have a bad reputation. The name doesn’t help. Here are six things your employees may not know about them. 1. Some fats and oils are...
Apr 1, 20194 min read


Six Things Employees Don’t Know About Employee Assistance Programs
If most employees have no clue about the benefits you offer them, you are not alone in the universe. Almost every large organization...
Mar 14, 20193 min read


Employee Wellness News Roundup: Canada Disses…Milk?
Among the more head-scratching news roundup items we have ever covered is this one: Canada has taken dairy off its good-for-you nutrition...
Mar 11, 20192 min read


Six Things Employees Should Know About Sugar
Very little is settled in nutrition science. Sugar is one of them. Added sugar – even naturally occurring sugar – should be limited in...
Feb 11, 20194 min read


Wellness and Benefits News Roundup: Health Literacy, Scanning, and Obesity
Bad news and good news in this roundup. Let’s do the good news first, for a change. Good News: Health Literacy A new report endorses...
Feb 1, 20193 min read


MRIs and CT Scans: Overused, Overpriced…and Overrated
The Journal of the American Medical Association says Americans are exposed to radiation, overtreatment and high costs via unnecessary...
Jan 23, 20192 min read


6 Myths and Facts About Employee Health Literacy
While employee health literacy is a fast-growing segment of employee health benefit services, what’s amazing is not the number of...
Jan 7, 20195 min read


Wellness & Benefits News Roundup | Breaking: EEOC Wellness Rules Now Unlikely Until 2020 or 2021
The EEOC put two lumps of coal in the wellness industry’s Festivus stocking late yesterday (12/20/18). One was expected. The other –...
Dec 21, 20183 min read


A Trip into the Treatment Trap: The Birth of Quizzify
by Al Lewis Does wondering how Quizzify got started keep you up at night? Wonder no longer… In 2012 I was hired to host a radio series...
Dec 14, 20184 min read
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