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Nurture Your Well-Being at Home: A Telehealth Roundup

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Staying up to date on health care appointments is an important part of work-life balance. It’s a positive sign that 64% of employers intend to enhance their health and well-being offerings in 2024, according to Mercer. As for mental health, at-home telehealth sessions offer appealing advantages over in-person visits.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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Women, on average, outlive men but, as reported by the World Economic Forum ( WEF , 2024), spend approximately 25 percent of their lives in poor health. According to the WEF, addressing the disparities in women’s health could dramatically reduce this statistic, enhancing the lives of billions globally.

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Saving Starbucks: What We Can Learn From Brian Niccol’s Vision to Refocus the Coffee Giant

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The strategy behind alleviating consumer guilt in a new age of consumerism In 2012, social critic and philosopher Slavoj Žižek argued that the Starbucks experience in the early 2000s mastered a crucial marketing strategy: alleviating consumer guilt. It didn’t work.

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How to Recover Financially From a Gray Divorce

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The authors of a 2012 Journals of Gerontology study dubbed the trend “gray divorce” when their findings identified the divorce rate among that demographic had doubled from 1990 to 2010. “Health insurance is a key consideration for people in this age group,” Hetrick says. So, spousal support exits stage left.

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Arleen Lamba, M.D. Turned Her Skin Care Struggles Into a Solution for a Market Gap

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Finally, there was the cost. Her first skin care studio When she opened her first studio in 2012, Lamba was pregnant with her first child and working full time as an anesthesiologist. Health is wealth Lamba feels strongly that we don’t have to become doctors to understand that health is wealth.

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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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Breazeal later co-founded Jibo , a company that developed personal assistant robots in 2012. Especially for older adults living alone, simply having an entity acknowledging their presence positively benefited their emotional well-being and mental health. The pandemic also had a huge impact on kids’ learning and mental health.

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Paying Candidates for Interviews: What Should Be Covered and Why?

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But as all eyes are on mental health and wellness improvements in the workplace , employers are facing a new ethical dilemma: Should they pay candidates who interview? Stonehouse explains it’s also costs associated with flights, transportation, meals, parking, interview wardrobe, devices on which to conduct a remote interview and more.