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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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Women, on average, outlive men but, as reported by the World Economic Forum ( WEF , 2024), spend approximately 25 percent of their lives in poor health. According to the WEF, addressing the disparities in women’s health could dramatically reduce this statistic, enhancing the lives of billions globally.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

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For others, it might be putting the health of the business first. Kathi Elster is co-founder of K Squared Enterprises , which helps with workplace conflict, and co-author of Mean Girls at Work and Working for You Isn’t Working for Me. You cannot make business decisions based on emotion.”. Keep talking.

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Lab rats – how the UK life sciences sector is struggling to find space to work

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But it’s also great for health and helping to solve the urgent health challenges the world faces.” One, TauRx, based in a former bus depot, is trying to develop a treatment for Alzheimer’s and has raised over $800m since its founding in 2002. Collaboration is great for the vitality of science in the UK and elsewhere,” she said.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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Anyone who has been in therapy at any point during the past century has likely heard that request, now a go-to punch line for an entire industry of mental health. But focusing on why people are miserable—and reliving that misery one 45-minute session at a time—in order to get happy became, well, depressing for many in the mental health field.

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