Wellness
- 30-Day Energy Reset: Small Steps to Feel Better Every Day May 27, 2025If your team has been running on empty lately, they’re not alone. Deadlines, meetings, and nonstop demands can take a quiet toll on energy and morale. That’s why we created the 30-Day Energy Reset. A simple, low-lift way to help your people feel more focused, balanced, and recharged. Each day features one easy action to support energy […]Lisa Stovall
- The Snack Attack Survival Guide May 19, 2025Ever found yourself elbow-deep in a bag of chips after a wild morning of back-to-back meetings? Or staring into the fridge like it holds the answers to all of life’s problems? Yep, same. Stress snacking is real. And it’s not because you “lack willpower” or “just really love cookies” (although, cookies are pretty amazing). It’s […]Lisa Stovall
- Making Biometric Screenings Part of Your Culture May 12, 2025What if a health screening didn’t feel like just another task… but a moment of care that your team actually looked forward to? Too often, screenings get tucked into the “check-the-box” category. Quick, clinical, and forgettable. But they don’t have to be. With a little heart and creativity, health screenings can be transformed into something […]Lisa Stovall
- Mindfulness Techniques for Busy Professionals May 5, 2025It’s easy to feel like your employees are living on autopilot — racing from task to task, meeting to meeting, inbox to inbox. Burnout is high. Focus is scattered. And even with all the best tech tools, something still feels off. That’s where mindfulness comes in. Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment with […]Lisa Stovall
- Simple Habits to Kickstart Your Metabolism April 28, 2025Most employees don’t have time to juice kale, count macros, or train like Olympic sprinters. And the truth is — they don’t need to. Boosting metabolism isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing smarter. It’s the tiny, doable things — like stepping into the sun, sipping water before coffee, or taking a walk after lunch […]Lisa Stovall
- A Practical Guide to Culture Building | TotalWellness April 21, 2025A great company culture doesn’t just happen. It’s more like a garden — you’ve got to plant the right seeds, water it often, and give it time to grow. The best cultures are built with care, consistency, and trust… and maybe a little sunshine and teamwork, too And when companies get it right? Work feels […]Lisa Stovall
- Why Life Feels Better with a Little Whimsy April 14, 2025When was the last time you did something just because it made you smile? No goals. No checklists. No productivity apps involved. Just pure, joyful, in-the-moment fun. If you're struggling to remember. You're not alone. And if the world feels a little chaotic lately (because, let’s be real — it kind of is), that’s all […]Lisa Stovall
- Why Recess Breaks Matter at Work | TotalWellness April 7, 2025Spring is here. And it’s time to breathe fresh energy into your workplace! Time to shake off those winter blahs and breathe some fresh energy into your workday. No more office hibernation vibes — we’re talkin’ sunshine, laughter, and maybe even a hula hoop or two. Yep. We’re bringing recess back. Who says recess is […]Lisa Stovall
- Well-Being on a Budget: A Year of Free Ideas | TotalWellness March 31, 2025Employee wellness doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag. Some of the best ways to feel better, stress less, and build stronger workplace connections are completely free. You don’t need a luxury wellness retreat to reset your mind or a high-end gym membership to get moving. Sometimes, all it takes is a little […]Lisa Stovall
- Why Mental Well-Being Training for Managers Matters | TotalWellness March 24, 2025Let’s talk about something that happens way too often at work. An employee is overwhelmed. Burnout is creeping in, and stress is piling up. But instead of speaking up, they just push through. Maybe they’re worried about how it’ll look. Maybe they don’t think their manager will get it. So they stay quiet, and the […]Lisa Stovall
Medical News
- Blueair Classic Pro CP7i air purifier review: A gentle giant with germ-busting properties June 2, 2025The Blueair Classic Pro CP7i is the first air purifier with High-Intensity Narrow Spectrum (HINS) lighting — a technology that removes viruses and bacteria using violet-blue light.
- Prosciutto di Portici: A portable sundial that looks like a pork leg — and it was likely owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law before Mount Vesuvius erupted June 2, 2025This small bronze sundial was a portable way of telling time, but it may have made you hungry.
- How are you able to read words without vowels? June 2, 2025The human brain can make sense of sentences — even when the vowels are missing.
- Avast, matey! 5 of the biggest pirate hauls in history June 1, 2025Take a look at five of the biggest treasures that pirates have ever plundered.
- Celtic quiz: Test your knowledge about these fierce tribes once described by Julius Caesar June 1, 2025Is your knowledge of the Celts a veritable pot of gold, or do you need the luck of the Irish to finish the quiz?
- Can adults grow new brain cells? June 1, 2025Scientists are still debating whether the human brain is capable of growing new cells past childhood.
- New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots June 1, 2025Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.
- The 5 biggest mistakes learner microscope owners make June 1, 20255 common mistakes made by novice microscope users and how to prevent or overcome them.
- Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event' June 1, 2025Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption event has been seen in interacting galaxies.
- Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever June 1, 2025Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.
- What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar? June 1, 2025Look closely at the spots to tell leopards from jaguars: there's a subtle clue.
- Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that' May 31, 2025See the stunning timelapse captured by photographer Aaron Watson showing ghostly airglow ripples pass through the Colorado sky.
- Best wildlife observation equipment 2025: Birds, bats, bees and everything inbetween May 31, 2025This is the best wildlife observation equipment you can buy in every category, from binoculars and cameras to GPS and compasses.
- Noctilucent cloud season 2025 is upon us! Here's how to spot elusive 'night-shining' clouds May 31, 2025Here's when and where to look for the best chance of seeing Noctilucent, 'night shining' clouds in summer 2025.
- Great eared nightjar: The 'baby dragon' bird that lays its eggs on the floor May 31, 2025Great eared nightjars live on the forest floor, remaining motionless throughout the day, camouflaged among leaf litter and tree stumps.
Health News
- Alternative Endpoints in Phase III Trials Don't Always Mean Boosts to OS, QOL June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Late-phase trials that showed superiority for an experimental intervention on a surrogate endpoint did not necessarily lead to improvements in overall survival (OS) or quality of life (QOL), according to a meta-epidemiologic...
- This Diet Pattern Is Linked With Worse Survival in Colon Cancer June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Greater intake of pro-inflammatory foods was associated with worse overall survival (OS) in patients with stage III colon cancer, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial found. Crude analyses comparing patients...
- Add-On Nivolumab Extends DFS in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO – The postoperative addition of nivolumab (Opdivo) to chemoradiotherapy (CRT) extended disease-free survival (DFS) in certain patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according...
- 'This Is Not Just a Pandemic Story': What We Heard This Week June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- "This is not just a pandemic story -- it's much broader than that." -- Jamie Daw, PhD, of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, on the decline in maternal mental health in recent years. "If you wanted...
- Adjuvant Immunotherapy Ups Survival in dMMR Colon Cancer June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The risk of recurrence or death after surgery for deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colon cancer decreased by 50% in patients who received immunotherapy in addition to adjuvant chemotherapy, a large randomized trial...
- Exercise in Cancer Trial Rivals Survival Benefit of Some Drugs June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A structured exercise program improved survival outcomes in patients on adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer, according to the randomized CHALLENGE study. The phase III trial showed that 5-year disease-free survival...
- Don't Dismiss the Possibility of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adult Patients June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- Exhausted, tear-filled eyes met mine the day I met OM*. Shoulders slumped and gazing at his hands, OM quietly explained to me that his 41-year-old cousin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC). As OM is 32, he now requires...
- Perioperative Durvalumab Plus FLOT Boosts EFS in Resectable Gastric/GEJ Cancer June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Adding perioperative durvalumab (Imfinzi) to FLOT chemotherapy significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) compared with FLOT alone in patients with resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma...
- Trial Changes First-Line Approach for Most Common Breast Cancer Subtype June 1, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Incorporating the investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) camizestrant at the first sign of emerging ESR1 mutations extended the benefit of first-line therapy in hormone receptor (HR)-positive...
- What Was Billy Joel Diagnosed With? May 31, 2025(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz
- FDA Approves Moderna's New Lower-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine May 31, 2025(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna late Friday but with limits on who can use it -- not a replacement for the company's existing shot, but a second option. The new vaccine, mNexspike, is a step toward...
- Worldwide Burden of Skin Cancer; Patient-Delivered Weight Loss Management May 31, 2025(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...
- A Doctor's Bias Creeps Into the Courtroom May 31, 2025(MedPage Today) -- I was recently called to jury duty in Washington, D.C. I had no idea what to expect since, in our nation's capital, jury duty could mean sitting in judgment on cases ranging from petty theft to those involving high-profile political...
- Gene-Driven Adjuvant Therapy for NSCLC Leads to Big Improvement in DFS May 31, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Biomarker-driven adjuvant therapy for intermediate/high-risk non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) led to significantly longer disease-free survival (DFS) as compared with observation, a randomized trial showed. DFS...
- T-DXd Prevails in Trial of Second-Line Therapies for HER2 Gastroesophageal Cancer May 31, 2025(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Patients with progressive HER2-positive gastroesophageal (GE) cancer lived significantly longer when they received the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd, Enhertu) instead of ramucirumab...