This week, at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit hosted here, the federal government came under the news spotlight—for the many federal agencies countering the country’s opioid epidemic, and for the many federal statistics cited on the catastrophe’s massive costs to individuals, families and the economy
VA expands its fight to prevent suicides by veterans and is enlisting towns and cities in a nationwide campaign.
House lawmakers this week advanced a bill that would push the Department of Veterans Affairs to do more research into the safety and effectiveness of medical marijuana.
Nobody wants to be a repeat offender for calling in sick, but you also to be safe and consider your job security, so when should you really call in?
People who watch less TV have better eating habits; at least that’s what researchers from University of Oklahoma found in a study.
You don’t have to be a law enforcement officer, work in a hazardous environment or have a job that has heavy physical and high-risk demands to be in a stressful career, many occupations you might not think of can be just as stressful.
Costly workplace wellness programs are not having the effect on employees’ well-being that employers had hoped for, new research finds.
Twenty-five years ago this month, then President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill that requires certain employers to provide unpaid medical leave to employees, and on its anniversary, new legislation has been introduced that would create a program to make that leave paid.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are giving people a new reason to have a glass of merlot—it can prevent severe flu.
Managers who lead initiatives to help employees who experience depression and anxiety can mitigate the effects of mental health disorders.