Monday, November 5, 2007

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HEALTH BENEFIT: Wellness companies find a growing market as more businesses strive to keep employees healthier (Winston-Salem Journal)

Nike Roach knows an opportunity when he sees one. Roach, the vice president of Sixth Sense Wellness Center in Winston-Salem, said he realized about two years ago that more and more companies wanted to provide wellness programs for employees. Creating a detailed health program for a large company was a sure way to grow his small nutrition business, Roach said. "The demand was out there," he said. ...

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The quest for health and happiness (River Valley Business Report)

Health care takes an increasing amount of public attention, including issues such as access to health insurance, new medical technologies that promise cures and the management of pathologies.

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Fitness goes upscale (Akron Beacon Journal)

HUDSON: From its cascading waterfalls and spa treatments to its exercise equipment and combination treadmill/rock climbing wall, Summa Health System's newest facility is definitely not a hospital.

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ODS and OHSU Team Up to Offer Worksite Wellness Programs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

PORTLAND, Ore.----With the goals of health risk reduction, disease prevention and health enhancement, The ODS Companies and Oregon Health & Science University have partnered to form ODS Wellness -- a service for ODS medical groups and members.

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Health briefs for Oct. 8 (Rapid City Journal)

Women's retreat focuses on stress disorder STURGIS -- The specialized Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Outpatient Treatment Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System will host a three-day women's retreat on Oct. 19-21 about the disorder.

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