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Five Things an Employee Should Ask a Doctor Before agreeing to a Procedure
by Al Lewis You know those 5 classic questions to ask your doctor before a test or procedure? Most people don’t ask them, for one of...
Jan 7, 20202 min read

Top Employee Health Education Tips of 2019
by Al Lewis What employees don’t know can hurt them. It can even bankrupt them, as the first Top Tip shows. More and more employers are...
Dec 30, 20193 min read

Six things employees need to know about stents
by Al Lewis Roughly 1.8-million stents are implanted in Americans every year. If this seems like a large number, that’s because it is. To...
Dec 5, 20194 min read

Health Affairs says Quizzify was right all along about checkups
by Al Lewis OK, so maybe those weren’t their exact words, but a Health Affairs article just confirmed what we’ve been saying since Day...
Nov 14, 20193 min read

Zantac has been recalled. What should employees take instead?
by Al Lewis This may be “old news” because your wellness vendor may have already alerted your employees (not), but any Zantac they own...
Oct 21, 20192 min read


Six things employees should know about back pain
by Al Lewis Far ahead of diabetes or heart disease, musculoskeletal conditions are the #1 spending category for most employers and...
Sep 27, 20194 min read

A review of The Price We Pay, 2019’s most influential health care policy book
by Al Lewis The most influential healthcare book of 2019 is The Price We Pay. How influential? Besides being featured on almost every...
Sep 23, 20193 min read

Six Things Employees Should Know about Surprise Medical Bills
by Al Lewis Our Six Things columns usually focus on issues that damage employee health due to employee ignorance. Surprise medical bills...
Aug 27, 20194 min read

First EEOC wellness lawsuit filed! Four things you should know.
We are breaking from our usual "Six things employees should know” format to bring you “Four things you should know.” The AARP Foundation...
Jul 16, 20192 min read

Six Things Employees Should Know about Sunblock
Turns out that there is so much misinformation floating around about sun protection that Quizzify can offer an entire month’s quiz on...
Jun 12, 20194 min read

Six Things Employees Should Know about Heartburn (Part Two)
The best and safest way to control your heartburn is through altering your diet and lifestyle, as outlined in the previous installment of...
Jun 3, 20195 min read


Six Things Employees Should Know about Heartburn (Part One)
To all of us who have experienced it (which is to say, virtually all of us), heartburn -- otherwise known as indigestion or acid reflux —...
May 15, 20194 min read
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