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Is salutogenic design the next big issue for the workplace?

Workplace Insight

Nearly half of UK employers have a strategy already in place and 60 percent of CEOs say that the mental health of employees is their top priority, according to the Employee Wellbeing research report for 2018 from the Rewards and Employees Benefits Association.

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Your health insurance premiums could soon go up 15 percent — or more

Vox Open Sourced

The health care provisions in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will raise costs for many patients. According to the experts from KFF, a health policy think tank, one out of every four plans is raising its rates by 20 percent or more. Marketplace enrollment nearly doubled from 2021 to 21 million in 2024 as a result.

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For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening.

Vox Open Sourced

Before the insertion late last year, Ni, a 26-year-old health care consultant, took deep breaths of the nitrous oxide. Over the last few years, people have posted clips of themselves wincing and even crying on exam tables during IUD placements , shedding light on what was long-held to be a largely painless medical procedure.

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The modern taboo that Americans just can’t seem to break

Vox Open Sourced

Furthermore, a 2018 survey conducted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement found that while 92 percent of Americans agreed that discussing their end-of-life preferences was important, only 32 percent actually followed through. Likewise, only about 45 percent of adults have a living will , which dictates wishes around medical care.

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CB Insights on the Trends Shaping Tech in 2018

Small Business Labs

The technology information site CB Insights recently published their list of 15 Trends Shaping Tech in 2018. This is happening and next year, for example, Volvo will release a car subscription option for their new 2018 XC40 SUV.  So their list of tech trends is well worth taking a look at.

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Climate Protection Could Soon Be Part of Your Employee Benefits Package

Success

From 2018 to 2022, 89 extreme weather events caused more than $1 billion in damage, which averages out to one every three weeks, according to the 2023 U.S. Venture Smarter is looking into providing access to climate-related mental health resources and counseling services. “We National Climate Assessment report.

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3 Steps to Unveil Your Full Human Power Through ‘Unfocus’

Success

Burning the midnight oil at medical school in my second year, spending inordinate amounts of time on clinical units at the beginning of my psychiatry residency and excluding one of my favorite hobbies—music—from what seemed like an already too-diverse life when I was one of the pioneers in the field of neurocoaching.

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