Wellness

Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.

Christina "Gigi" Filippi is a call center sales manager in Hendersonville, Tenn. After establishing an employee-run wellness program in her office, she has lost more than 97 pounds.

Employers and HR professionals know obesity impacts business. And as a nation, we've been outright told we're too fat. So why, after decades of increasing waistlines, would we expect a national campaign to suddenly change things?

Democratic House members from New York and California are pushing a bill that would mandate special privileges to women who wish to remain in the workplace and maintain a healthy pregnancy.

Seven in 10 employers provide wellness benefits, including flu shots, health screenings and weight management programs, which are contributing to the improved lives of their employees, according to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans recent survey, Wellness Programs and Value-Based Health Care.

Fighting obesity will require changes everywhere Americans live, work, play and learn, says a major new report that outlines dozens of options from building more walkable neighborhoods to zoning limits on fast-food restaurants to selling healthier snacks in sports arenas.

A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

While research has shown that wellness programs can reduce costs, many employers are failing to measure their return on investment to get an accurate picture of how these programs impact the bottom line.