Mount Sinai’s Wellness Lab Mount Sinai’s wellness lab has the right idea… transform healthcare by focusing on healthy people and working to keep them that way. Over 80% of “healthcare” dollars in the US go to chronic illnesses. The vast majority of those chronic illnesses are preventable and even reversible… but not with the current […]
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Feng Shui Wellbeing We all can fall into the trap of dismissing an approach just because it does not fit our worldview. The benefits of feng shui for wellbeing seemed a far stretch. Even after getting past the language, this new concepts like “poison arrow qi” just rattled around in a Western mind. However, when
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Health Care Marketing Tips Among the anti-septic smell and scrub uniforms, we sometimes forget that 80% or more of our health is determined outside clinical practice. For those physicians, nurses, dentists, optometrists, home health agencies, physical therapists, nutritionists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, yoga studios and hundreds more who want to be more involved in patient /
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True Happiness At HealthCare Too we have always considered financial health as part of the holistic approach to health. After all, finances are a leading cause of stress among all generations. We thought we may well be the only ones who thought this way… until a Transamerica commercial about True Happiness caught our eyes. https://youtu.be/JcOmOSuGZOA
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Apple Watch Lures Baby Boomers As a technology, the new Apple watch is cool. It has FDA approval. The new Apple watch can detect Atrial Fibrillation as well as falls (one of the leading causes of death and injury among seniors). However, as a health / wellness / well-being (pick your favorite term) is still
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Luxury Wellness It just seems a bit silly that we think of wellness or well-being as a luxury. This really should be the normal state of things. Health should be the norm. Following the Kano model this luxury wellness that we now associate with elite hotels may well be the norm. Until then let’s consider
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Diet Affects Mental Health More In Women It is really no surprise that diet affects mental health. However, we have never given much thought that diet impacts mental health more in women. Women may need a more nutrient-rich diet to support a positive emotional well-being, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University at
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Workplace Wellness Can Work Workplace wellness can work but it must be part of the culture and led like any strategic initiative. Business literature is full of examples where a technology or process moved one company to stardom while another company fell into the dustbin of business history. Sometimes it is just plain luck, timing,
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Happy Icelanders When one thinks of Vikings, happy and relaxed are not terms that usually leap to mind. However, as dad (Tim) and daughter (Emily) from HealthCare Too found during a 20-hour layover in Iceland the Viking descendants are happy Icelanders. And happy is contagious. Even though Tim and Emily had to wear jackets in
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Underappreciated Sleep As many students return to college (Emily and William), there are visions of success through sleep deprivation… a “no pain, no gain” mentality. Admittedly, parents (yes, Nancy and Tim) tend to glorify those all-nighters from their college days but in hindsight we underappreciated sleep. We underappreciated sleep then and often do so now,
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