The health of employees -- and that includes you, Mr/s. Entrepreneur -- is as important to the success of your business as the product or service you sell. Look to area experts on health to help you create a healthier work place. Check back often. We add articles monthly.

Health in the Workplace

Community Currencies Have Impact on the Health Care Crisis

One of the biggest issues among small business owners is their lack of affordable health care coverage options. What if, instead of doing without ...  What if, instead of depending on governmental agencies to collect money from its citizens via taxes to pay health claims and provide health care, local family-owned businesses had a better way to pay for their health care?  Read More >


Journey into Dyslexia

A recent study revealed that as many as 35 percent of entrepreneurs may be dyslexic. Putting their unique differences into perspective is Carl Schramm, CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, whose mission is to advance entrepreneurship and improve the education of children and youth.

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20 things to know about your brain
For the past 15 years, groups from around the world have collaborated to promote Brain Awareness Week in March (14-20), a global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress of brain research. Read More >

Hearing an Issue with Baby Boomers

A lot comes with age: Wisdom, power, money. Maybe even loss of hearing. Especially when you consider all those ear-splitting concerts we attended. According to the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) it’s time for baby boomers to get their hearing checked so they can “better manage the quality of life issues that often result from unaddressed hearing loss. Read More >


The New Healthcare Reform Slogan: “I Don’t Know"
The rally behind “Yes, We Can” hasn’t gone viral with HR 3962, the Health Care Reform Bill signed into law March 23. Some say the 2,000-page legislation is akin to starting a foreign language class: clueless, confusing, and chary. What effect will it have on your health care plan? What is it going to cost you? “We didn’t get a whole lot of answers,” says Leesa Davis, fresh from the Society of Professional Benefit Administrators annual legislative conference in Washington D.C. Read More >

Small business health under health care reform

Health care is one of the great challenges aspiring entrepreneurs face when making the leap into business ownership. Health care premiums for the self-employed and their families are steep. In weighing inadequate or non-existent coverage over a salary with benefits, many consider it reason enough to keep punching the proverbial clock. Read More >


NW Health System introduces da Vinci at free seminars

Malcolm McNair Jr. is a handsome, dapper man with a meaningful job and a loving family. At 60, he is living proof of the advances in modern medicine, and in particular advances in prostate cancer treatment. Recently McNair has returned to Northwest Medical Center – Springdale not as a patient but as a success story.  On Wednesday mornings, he takes time to share a very personal story of his discovery and battle with prostate cancer, his fears in facing the disease and treatment, and his hopes that by being candid, he will make a difference in someone else’s life.  Read More >


Four simple Q & A's that can create a healthier workplace

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