Wellness

Left to continue on its current trajectory, nearly half the worlds adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030.

Although few employers are making significant changes to their health care benefits in the coming year, more and more are adding wellness programs that aim to prevent problems before they happen.

The Mayo Clinic is experimenting with an intriguing new way of delivering health care to employees via a kiosk that connects the patient to a physician by video conference, over a secure, online link.

Thirty-five percent said they lost an hour or more of work time to stress every day.

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, which vaporize nicotine, are an emerging industry, and as some workers transition from traditional cigarettes to the electronic ones, the workplace can become a free-for-all.

Mental illness short-term disability claims are growing by 10 percent annually.