Wellness
- 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
- Preventing Tech Neck: A Guide to Better Posture | TotalWellness March 17, 2025If you've found yourself hunched over your phone, laptop, or tablet lately, you’re not alone. You've likely encountered a pesky problem known as tech neck — and it might be affecting more than just your posture. It’s that uncomfortable pain and stiffness that sneaks up on your neck, shoulders, and even your upper back after […]Lisa Stovall
- Employee Engagement is Crashing — Here’s How to Fix It | TotalWellness March 10, 2025If your employees seem less engaged than before, you’re not imagining it. Gallup’s latest data confirms it — engagement is at its lowest in a decade. Only 31% of employees feel engaged, while 17% are actively disengaged (aka plotting their escape or just mentally napping at their desks). People are disconnected, unmotivated, and questioning if […]Lisa Stovall
- Nutrition for Every Mood: Eat Your Way to a Better Day | TotalWellness March 3, 2025Let’s talk about food. Not just any food — the kind that keeps your brain sharp, your mood steady, and your energy up all day. Because what you eat? It matters. A lot. Ever notice how skipping meals, loading up on sugar, or surviving on caffeine leaves you feeling exhausted, cranky, or totally unfocused? That’s […]Lisa Stovall
- The Science of Behavioral Nudges | TotalWellness February 24, 2025Employee wellness programs. You know, those initiatives you pour your heart into — only to be met with silence when sign-ups roll around? It’s like planning the ultimate party, only to realize no one showed up. Awkward. Frustrating. And honestly, a little sad. But getting employees to engage in wellness programs doesn’t require endless reminders, […]Lisa Stovall
- The Biggest Health Concerns Facing Your Workforce | TotalWellness February 17, 2025It’s no secret that employee wellness is more important than ever. Healthcare costs are out of control, chronic diseases are stacking up like a bad game of Jenga, and mental health? Yeah, let’s just say people are struggling. A new survey from Emory University and Gallup basically confirmed what we already knew — people are […]Lisa Stovall
- The Impact of Workplace Flu and COVID-19 Vaccinations | TotalWellness February 12, 2025Each year, the cold and flu season brings extra germs and increased health risks for everyone. Both flu vaccination and COVID-19 vaccination can significantly reduce the spread of illness, especially in workplaces where people share spaces and interact closely.The numbers show the impact: Each year in the U.S., millions of people fall ill from the […]Lisa Stovall
- Healthy Habits for the New Year: Trends We Want to Go Viral in 2025 February 12, 2025The New Year always feels like a fresh start — a time to hit reset, dream big, and focus on building better habits. There’s something magical about turning the page to a new calendar year; it’s a chance to reflect, refocus, and prioritize what truly matters. For many of us, that means doubling down on […]Lisa Stovall
- Make Employee Biometric Screening Events a Breeze | TotalWellness February 10, 2025Planning a biometric screening event might not sound like the most exciting task on your to-do list. But guess what? It can actually be a game-changer — not just for your company’s wellness vibes but for your coworkers’ health. Who knows? Someone might discover an issue early, preventing a bigger problem down the road.Plus, when […]Lisa Stovall
Medical News
- Years of 'confusion and debate' are over — research finds hormone therapy is good for women's hearts in early menopause April 6, 2025A more nuanced understanding of hormone therapy now suggests that its benefits for heart health depend on how soon after menopause onset it is prescribed.
- Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video) April 6, 2025A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.
- Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans. Here's how to slow its progress. April 6, 2025At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
- Best binoculars for bird-watching 2025 April 6, 2025We've rounded up the best binoculars for bird-watching currently on the market, complete with our expert reviews on the pairs to buy.
- Scientists say these North American rivers 'shouldn't exist.' Here's why they do. April 6, 2025At first glance, these waterways make no sense. A new review article details why they are the way they are.
- Redmi Watch 5 review April 6, 2025The Redmi Watch 5 is perfect for those looking to track workouts with ease.
- MIT invents new way for QPUs to communicate — paving the way for a scalable 'quantum supercomputer' April 6, 2025A new device enables remote entanglement, allowing distant quantum processors to communicate with one another with reduced error rates.
- 4,000-year-old burial of elite woman with ostrich fan reveals world's oldest known evidence of head straps April 6, 2025Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children.
- Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before April 6, 2025The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.
- What was the first alphabet in the world? April 6, 2025New discoveries challenge old ideas about the earliest alphabets.
- $3 million Breakthrough Prize goes to scientists that completely changed our understanding of multiple sclerosis April 5, 2025Two prominent scientists who study multiple sclerosis — Dr. Alberto Ascherio and Dr. Stephen Hauser — are co-winners of a 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
- $3 million Breakthrough Prize awarded to developers of Ozempic-style drugs April 5, 2025Five researchers have been jointly awarded one of this year's Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences for their contributions to the development of Ozempic-style drugs.
- Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space April 5, 2025A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
- Scientists claim to find 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy April 5, 2025Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' a new preprint suggests.
- Mini desktop supercomputer coming this year — powerful enough to run advanced AI models and small enough to fit in your bag April 5, 2025The new DGX machines are portable but powerful enough to drive complex AI modules and research, with processing capabilities previously only available in data centers.
Health News
- Alzheimer's Lecanemab Treatment Up to 36 Months Supported by Extension Study April 6, 2025(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Biomarker and cognitive data supported treatment with the anti-amyloid agent lecanemab (Leqembi) for up to 36 months in early Alzheimer's disease, initial findings from the CLARITY AD open-label extension study...
- 'I Shouldn't Need a Rosetta Stone to Understand Your Notes': What We Heard This Week April 6, 2025(MedPage Today) -- "I shouldn't need a Rosetta Stone to understand your notes." -- Prashant Tailor, MD, of the University of California Los Angeles, relaying a colleague's comment about the indecipherable notes of ophthalmologists. "There's...
- Second Child Died From Measles-Related Causes in West Texas April 6, 2025(MedPage Today) -- A second unvaccinated school-age child in West Texas died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell. Aaron Davis, a spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock...
- Silence Won't Save Science April 6, 2025(MedPage Today) -- In the first few months of the new administration, we have witnessed an unprecedented dismantling of the national scientific and research enterprise. While certain shifts were anticipated in the wake of the 2024 presidential...
- How Many Health Workers Face Deportation Risk? April 5, 2025(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz
- Penicillin to Prevent Pharyngitis; Prothrombin vs Frozen Plasma April 5, 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...
- The 23andMe Bankruptcy: A Warning Shot for Genetic Privacy in the Age of AI April 5, 2025(MedPage Today) -- 23andMe has gone bankrupt. If it is tempting to treat this failure as just another Silicon Valley experiment gone bad, do not be fooled. This bankruptcy provides an essential opportunity for digital health and health data innovators...
- Trump Administration Nixes Plan to Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs Through Medicare April 5, 2025(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump's administration has decided not to cover expensive, high-demand obesity treatments under the federal government's Medicare program. CMS said late Friday that it would not cover the medications under Medicare...
- Embattled TAVR Device Myval Meets Expectations in Trial, but Trouble Still Ahead April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- For a balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR or TAVI) platform, the much-litigated Myval performed well enough in the COMPARE-TAVI 1 randomized trial, but its rates of pacemakers and paravalvular leaks...
- Switch to Tirzepatide in T2D More Effective Than Upping Dulaglutide Dose April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- Diabetes patients on dulaglutide (Trulicity) had better glycemic control and more weight loss if they switched to tirzepatide (Mounjaro) rather than increasing the dose of the earlier-generation GLP-1 receptor agonist, an open...
- NIOSH Workers Wonder, 'Who Is Going to Carry on My Work?' April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- This week's cuts to HHS staffing have left employees at one agency division wondering what will become of all of their research. "One of the conversations I heard in the hallway was, 'What's going to happen to my research, my...
- Medicare Spends Billions on Oncology Drugs Offering Little Added Benefit April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- In an analysis of Medicare's top-selling brand-name oncology drugs, researchers found that while the vast majority provided high added therapeutic benefit, 10 were classified as providing low or no added benefit. In 2022, Medicare...
- U.S. Has Twice as Many Measles Cases so Far This Year Than in All of 2024 April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. now has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024, with Texas reporting another large jump in cases and hospitalizations on Friday. Other states with active outbreaks -- defined as three or...
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy for Glioma Shows Clinical Management Potential April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with glioma had a high concordance with tumor DNA and showed potentially useful prognostic potential, a small prospective study showed. CSF-ctDNA was detected...
- Amid Measles Outbreaks, Poison Centers See Uptick in Vit A Exposures in Kids April 4, 2025(MedPage Today) -- Poison control centers have received more reports of vitamin A exposures than usual -- a trend that lines up with the growing measles outbreaks in Texas and other states. From Jan. 1 through March 31, "there were 86 pediatric...