The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in their National Health Expenditure Data 2007-2017 indicates that total national health care expenditures have reached $2.2 trillion, or more than $7,000 per person, indicating 16% of GDP. Health care spending is expected to reach $4.2 trillion by 2017, or approximately $13,100 per person, representing nearly 20% of …
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Ramón Estruch, M.D., Ph.D., Emilio Ros, M.D., Ph.D., Jordi Salas-Salvadó, M.D., Ph.D., Maria-Isabel Covas, D.Pharm., Ph.D., Dolores Corella, D.Pharm., Ph.D., Fernando Arós, M.D., Ph.D., Enrique Gómez-Gracia, M.D., Ph.D., Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Ph.D., Miquel Fiol, M.D., Ph.D., José Lapetra, M.D., Ph.D., Rosa Maria Lamuela-Raventos, D.Pharm., Ph.D., Lluís Serra-Majem, …
Pioneer Health Group, under which MidAtlantic Corporate Health and MountainWest Corporate Health operate, is rebranding all of its operations as Elevation Corporate Health. The new brand will encompass the companies’ combined fitness, health, wellness and technology operations. The new branding, coupled with a new website and new logo, took effect Jan. 1, 2013. “As the …
Diabetes is costing people, companies and the U.S. at least $174 billion a year in extra costs, according to a national estimate. The 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet suggests that the cost includes $116 billion in excess medical expenditures attributed to diabetes, as well as $58 billion in reduced national productivity. An estimated $1 in $10 …
A handful of major firms with facilities in Wisconsin are not just building employee fitness centers, but also being recognized for those efforts. Those companies include Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Schneider National, Kohler Co., Kimberly-Clark and Trek Bicycle, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. View the full article.
