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The moving office

Couch potatoes beware! If you think that you can exchange one couch at home for one at work, think again! The wellness police have a surprise for you. Coming soon to an office near you: treadmills that double as workstations. Walking meetings. Conference rooms outfitted with exercise bikes instead of oval tables and chairs.

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Does wage rank affect your well-being?

Do you think you are being paid enough? Your answer to that question depends not just on how much you get, but how your pay compares with that of your colleagues. According to a new study, employees do not care solely about their absolute level of pay, but how their pay ranks with those around them.

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Office initiative reduces headaches at work

Office staff who took part in an eight-month workplace initiative reported that headaches and neck and shoulder pain fell by more than 40 per cent and their use of painkillers halved, according to research published in the May issue of Cephalalgia.

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Walk, drink, live

We all know that exercise and a little alcohol is good for the heart. What we don’t know is whether one of these two factors may compensate for the other, or whether both of them are equally important for our health. That is, can you skip the exercise and just do the drinking? Or, can you skip the drinking, and just do the exercise? Now, a longitudinal study shines some light on these perplexing dilemmas.

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Wellness, alive and well

Whether they are a tool to reduce illness-related absences or a tactic to attract talent, employer sponsored wellness programs are a growing global phenomenon, according to a worldwide survey of employers that represent about 7 million employees.

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