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Meditation Apps: Workplace Fad Or The Key To A Happier Workforce?

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However, meditation apps are just one of many resources; access to medical coverage and professional support is crucial. Headspace, one of the world’s most well-known meditation apps, has designed a product specifically for employers and their teams in mind. A mental health app on its own is not an equal substitute.

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Science Fiction To Reality: How Anti-aging Drugs Will Upend The Future Of Work

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While the full repercussions of a longer-living workforce are still to be imagined, the idea of prolonging human life using anti-aging drugs has been tossed around for years. In 2006, an NBC article discussed the topic: “For most people, living longer will inevitably mean more time spent working.

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Can smart glasses be the key to unlocking productivity in the workplace?

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Our article “Why new technologies still make employees happier, healthier, and more efficient” explains that technology must meet increasingly agile strategies like remote work. In these cases, it can help optimise manpower and productivity. One of the emerging tools showing immense promise for improving productivity is smart glasses.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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Photo courtesy of Seed Health Who they are: Seed is a direct-to-consumer, research-backed probiotic company whose products are available for a monthly subscription fee of $49.99. Currently, the company offers just two consumer products; however, the science and testing that go into their products is anything but limited.

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Neurodiversity In The Workplace Is Redefining How Companies Operate

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“Neurodivergent” is a non-medical term to describe differences in brain function due to a variety of factors. This article was written by RSP designer Kelsey Sullivan NCIDQ, WELL AP, IIDA , for Work Design Magazine. Neurodivergent” is a non-medical term to describe differences in brain function due to a variety of factors.

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Feel Guilty for Taking a Sick Day? You’re Not Alone, but It Shouldn’t Be the Norm

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According to a 2022 study that appeared in the Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences across four public schools in Nicaragua, teachers often work while ill because economically, they have to. The results are clear: We are headed to work sick due to that pressure, come hell or high water.

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Looking for accurate health information online? 6 tips to find it, from a doctor

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Jen Gunter ) , books , social media posts or newsletter — to correct and dispel myths, confusion and crackpot theories and products and illuminate evidence-based research and information. Many people want to do their own medical research online, and they should. And this extends to all medical products.

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