This is a guest post by Ryan Avila. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. How to stay healthy at work is an age-old question. The sedentary lifestyle of the American workforce, which keeps workers planted in one place behind their desks for most of the day, can be detrimental to [...] Read more »
What to do if you are Diagnosed with Mesothelioma
This is a guest post by Faith Franz. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. What is mesothelioma? It is a rare cancer which is caused by being exposed to asbestos and the inhalation of asbestos particles. No matter when you were diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer, whether it was today or [...] Read more »
Take Measures to Prevent Prostate Cancer
This is a guest post by Melissa Crossman. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. February is National Cancer Prevention Month. This makes it a great time to brush up on ways to keep this dreadful disease at bay. Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer to [...] Read more »
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be a Viable Solution
This is a guest post by J.D. Roberts. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a relatively new approach to dealing with multifarious psychological and psychiatric afflictions. In essence, it is a means of transforming one’s thought processes to enhance their quality of life. It can be [...] Read more »
How to Make an ER Visit ShortER
This is a guest post by Alexis Bonari. If you want to guest post on this blog, click here to get more information. If you’ve ever visited the Emergency Room, you know that you are in for a wait. You could walk in with a severed hand and the lady at the front desk would [...] Read more »
Should you switch to a health savings account?
In my latest post on WorkAwesome, I discuss why it might make sense for you to consider switching to a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). This type of health plan is all the rage these days and has become increasingly popular over the past few years. If you have this option at your work you [...] Read more »
5 Hiking Safety Tips
Hiking is a tremendous activity to do either by yourself, or with your family. Day hikers head out into the wild for a trip up a local mountain or on a local trail but, oftentimes, forget to prepare for a potential mishap. Simple preparation and simply being safety-conscious, can make the difference between an enjoyable [...] Read more »
Actionable steps to avoid weak bones.
This is a guest post by Michelle Aultman. If you want to guest post on this blog, click here to get more information. An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, and another 34 million have low bone mass, a condition which is referred to as osteopenia. Osteoporosis, a disease without outward symptoms, affects about 20 [...] Read more »
So you joined a gym? Now read this!
If you’ve just joined a gym you may be asking yourself “OK, I joined a gym now what?” You might find after talking to some experienced gym members that there are guidelines that you should follow in a gym regardless of the actual gym rules. Whether or not you have ever belonged to a gym, [...] Read more »
Don’t join that gym just yet! Read this first…
[cw4]I consider myself a gym rat. I’ve been working out regularly since forever and during that time I’ve been a member of multiple gyms. I’ve learned a lot in this time and have made a bunch of mistakes. So, I think I have a bit of wisdom to impart to anyone who is thinking about [...] Read more »