Wellness

Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight?

More than 40 percent of employees at mid-sized businesses say having a wellness program offered by their employer would, or does, encourage them to work harder and perform better, according to a recent Principal Financial Well-Being Index.

A new study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that giving employees access to paid sick days reduces visits to hospital emergency rooms, saving $1 billion every year.

Gilead Sciences Inc., one of the world's biggest producers of AIDS drugs, will allow some of them to be made by generic manufacturers — potentially increasing their availability in poor countries, particularly in Africa, officials said Tuesday.

In a new campaign against obesity, the British government issued guidelines on Monday saying that children under the age of 5 — including those who can't even walk yet — should exercise every day.

In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does.