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7 Tips for Keeping Shift Workers Healthy

Along with the advantages that come with shift work, there are also negative aspects – especially for employees

How to Triple Your Service Appointments Using Recall Events

Watch this Free Webinar to learn How to Triple Your Service Appointments Using Recall Events!

6 Easy Ways to Be Healthier at Work

Share on<br>For many Americans, their office work rules their life. For example, a 2010 study found that the average person worked more than 50 hours a week. Meanwhile, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the typical American spends 100 or more hours annually commuting to their job.<br>And according to this infographic , stress at the office might be killing you -- literally.<br>Thankfully, you do not need to be at the gym to proactively take control of your health and fitness.…

Gartner Recommends Six Actions to Help Medical CIOs Build a Healthier Future

Across the world, healthcare delivery faces unprecedented demographic challenges that increase demand at a time of widespread fiscal austerity. Technology is proposed as a panacea, but without proper planning and implementation it can deliver a poor return on investment (ROI), according to Gartner, Inc.

Firing an Employee Because of His Heart Problems? Rethink That One

Telling your employee that you are firing them because of their medical issue will not end well for you.

How to burn 150 calories in 15 minutes

How To: Pair Your Heart Rate Monitor with MapMyRun

Whether your fitness goal is weight loss, maximizing performance or improving your overall health, heart rate training is the most effective way to track your intensity during a workout. Train smarter by pairing your heart rate strap with the MapMyRun app to get the most out of your workout. Below is a simple step-by-step process…

8 Tricks for Bigger, Healthier Shoulders

No matter how small your waist is, without a mighty pair of well-sculpted, cannonball delts, it just won’t look great. Your shoulders are more than mere mirror muscles – they play a critical role in most upper-body exercises and work hard to stabilize your chest during push-ups and bench presses. Yet if you take a look around in most commercial gyms, you can see that most shoulders are weak or slopped forward. It’s a rather sad picture, but it’s not primarily caused by…

Can wearable devices keep us healthy and fit?

The healthcare industry thinks so—the next generation of fitness trackers will be able to continuously monitor a patient's vitals, from blood pressure to temperature. Here's how daily updates from these devices might eliminate the need for a yearly physical.

How accurate is your fitness tracker?

Research suggests wearable devices that track steps, calories burned and heart rate may not be as precise as marketed.

Could perking up gut bacteria promote healthy aging?

A new study in animals has found that the gut immune system of aged mice was almost the same as that of younger mice after fecal transplants.

PowerLift: Lifting Techniques For A Healthy Back

Overview<br>You probably lift multiple objects per day, whether it be at home or at work, and some objects are likely heavier than others. Each time you lift an object with traditional lifting methods you risk injury. The PowerLift technique corrects those improper practices and reduces your chances of being injured while lifting an object. The PowerLift is not just a new way of lifting, it is a new way of thinking about lifting where each lift is done safely. There are multiple…

4 Simple and Easy Stability Exercises for Healthier Running

Distance running has some of the highest rates of injury in endurance athletics, and structural weaknesses rear their ugly heads often amidst the repetitive motion of endurance running.

To Build Healthy Muscle: Start Protein-Pacing & Try These Supplements

Plus: Get off the treadmill and head straight to the squat rack.

A low-fiber diet can decrease healthy gut bacteria by 60%

There are at least 1,000 different kinds of bacteria and 40 million microbial cells found in our gut. A balance in the gut microbiome is really vital to keep not just our physical health well, but also our mental and emotional well-being.<br>To be able to maintain a healthy balance of bacteria in th

Is It Really That Important to Know Your Heart Rate During a Workout?

This smart scale measures your heart health in addition to your weight

Withings' Body Cardio scale takes you deeper into your data by tracking your body mass index, heart rate, bone mass and more.

Everything You Need To Know To Keep Your Colon Healthy

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