Health and wellness necessarily imply a proactive approach and not a reactive one.Eager to reflect that focus, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, one of Minnesota’s top health systems, is undergoing a name makeover, reports the Star Tribune. From now on the health system will be known as Allina Health.The name change is part of an overall [...]

Imagine a new kind of wellness gift card that employees get as a reward for participating in corporate health screenings and other activities. But, as a bonus to companies, the employers can make sure their wellness rewards are being spent on something healthy.That concept is about two months away. A New Jersey company called United [...]

Current medical news and unique business news for anyone who cares about the healthcare industryAll hail the new weight loss solution? Tackling the obesity epidemic may have gotten a little bit easier with what could be a weight loss without exercise regimen. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a new hormone called irisinthat imitates [...]

Above Stress makes a healthcare mobile app that provides a straight forward way to outline an individual’s stress levels, and hopes their product will win over wellness programs, insurance companies and other organizations looking for ways to increase preventive care.

Mayo Clinic dipped its toes into healthcare retail in August when it opened a health and wellness store at the Mall of America. So what are Mayo’s plans for retail’s biggest day?“We will not open at midnight on Friday with the rest of the mall,” said spokesman Bryan Anderson. “Instead, we will open at 6 [...]

Akron General Health System has formed a joint venture aimed at commercializing its outpatient health and wellness services to health systems, universities and municipalities.The move comes as hospitals across the nation, staring down the specter of declining reimbursements and more patients receiving less lucrative outpatient care, seek creative ways of securing new revenue streams.Akron General [...]

Don’t tell Blake Squires his startup is only selling pedometers.Squires is one of several Cleveland-area investors behind a new company and product called MOVband, a wearable digital-watch-like pedometer that uses an accelerometer to track a user’s daily steps. But MOVband is selling more than just the band itself.The key to MOVband’s value proposition is a [...]

Entrepreneurial Cleveland Clinic wellness guru Dr. Michael Roizen is aiming to further cash in on the wellness wave by starting another company, an online wellness coaching startup called Enforcer eCoaching.Information on the company is limited and COO Marty Butler declined to answer questions about the venture, noting that Enforcer eCoaching is still in its very [...]

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