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

Workplace Insight

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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Work Phobic Anxiety In The Workplace Is A Real Issue; Here’s How To Navigate It

Allwork

Mental health awareness has helped to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health conditions, such as anxiety. Work can precipitate anxiety “in previously healthy young workers,” according to the academic medical journal Psychological Medicine. .

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Recent Study Reveals the Career Fields Most Likely to Cause Poor Pregnancy Outcomes

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Surprisingly, however, it was those in health and social work who “showed the highest risk of no live births,” while those in manufacturing and health and social work had similar rates of risk for “early abortive outcomes” like miscarriage, “compared with financial and insurance jobs.” One of the study authors, Jung-won Yoon, M.D.,

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Develop a Leader’s Mind

Success

And as founder of the Amen Clinics, I apply brain imaging science to clinical psychiatric practice, helping people overcome depression, brain injury and other debilitating issues through rediscovering brain health. But as a leader, it is vital that you understand the effect of brain health on your ability to lead.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

Success

In the mirror, he sees a man who started self-medicating with cocaine and alcohol after losing his wife to cancer. So in 2012, he sold his house in Frisco (a suburb of Dallas), quit his job of eight years, and moved to one of the poorest areas in Dallas. “It Asking yourself an honest question like “Why am I here?”

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Pet Humanization and the Quantified Dog

Small Business Labs

Medical and food spending are the biggest segments. It's forecast to be up 6% over 2012. 90% of the spending in the non-food/non medical segment is dog related.   For those not familiar with the quantified self trend, it's the use of tools and gadgets to self-track and analyze data on your health and life. .

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5 reasons to learn a foreign language to further your career

Practically Perfect PA

With several financial, employment, as well as social and health benefits to knowing a second language, it is surprising that only one quarter of Brits are actually able to speak in another tongue. In today’s global society being bilingual is one of the most advantageous skills you can have. per year for you.

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