Corporate Wellness

Disease Prevention and Management

• Alzheimer’s Disease
  Understanding and caring for the person

  Alzheimer’s Disease affects 4 million people in this country. The emotional, health and financial impact on family caregivers is phenomenal. Studies also show that worker productivity may suffer as well. This program will provide an overview of the disease, helpful care giving techniques, and support services available to lessen the stress for caregivers.

• Arthritis
  Understanding and managing

  This program explores risk factors, treatments and preventative strategies for osteoarthritis. Actual x-rays of arthritic bones are featured.

• Cancer
  Preventing, treating & managing breast, prostrate, colon, skin, and lung cancer
  Cancer has always been a very frightening word. But every year we learn more about cancer and realize that some cancers can be prevented, or detected early which allows for better, more effective treatment.
  
  Presentations will be provided regarding a variety of cancers, including breast, colorectal, lung, prostate, testicular and skin cancers. A program will be designed which will be specific to the needs of the audience age group: adult, teenage or school age. Information given will include prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer.
  
  Useful links
  National Cancer Institute: http://cancer.gov/cancerinformation
  American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org

• Diabetes
  Preventing, managing, and support services
  
  Diabetes affects millions of Americans and their families and causes billions of dollars in costs each year. There is evidence that diabetes can be prevented with lifestyle changes in people at high risk. The key to treatment of diabetes is education in self-management skills required to maintain blood sugar control. Without good control diabetes complications occur at a higher rate. Mercy Medical Diabetes Center can help. A program on diabetes can be tailored to the population requesting the information.

• Fitness Education
  
  People tend to think of an "elixir of life" as medicine in a bottle, a "magic bullet" as some kind of pill, and the "fountain of youth" as mystical waters. But exercise may come closer than anything else we know as the best way to become and stay healthy, energetic, and happy.
  
  This presentation will help your audience identify the consequences of physical inactivity, understand 10 key benefits of physical activity, and discover several ways to make physical activity a part of their lives.

• Healthwise
  Taking control of your health
  
  Healthwise is a self-care manual to help you make better health decisions. Eight out of ten health care problems are cared for at home. The Healthwise Handbook will help you do a better job of managing your family's health problems.

• Heart Disease and Stroke
  Preventing and managing
  
  This program explains the signs, symptoms, risk factors, preventative strategies, and treatment of heart disease and stroke. It also touches on cardiac calcium scoring.

  Cardiac calcium scoring scans are performed on the CT Scanner. The scan is a painless, non-invasive method of examining the coronary arteries to determine the calcium buildup.

• Healthy Food Choices
  Information regarding food and health with current science applications are discussed. The healthy living for prevention of heart disease and stroke covers risk factors, how to modify your life style, signs and symptoms to watch for, overview of the heart and it's function, different diseases, tests and treatments

• Infectious Diseases
  How to safeguard yourself
  
  This program will cover the general steps helpful in preventing the transmission of the basic types of communicable diseases in the workplace.

• Osteoporosis
  Dem Dry Bones, understanding and managing
  
  This program presents the changes of osteoporosis & their impact upon health. Risk factors, treatments and prevention are discussed.

• Pulmonary Diseases
  Understanding and managing
  
  The mechanics of normal and abnormal lung function are discussed. Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of lung disease are identified in layman’s terms. Some of the diseases identified are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Emphysema.
  
• Sleep Disorders
  Understanding and managing
  
  Normal and abnormal sleep patterns are identified. Effects of sleep disorders are reviewed, along with the diagnosis and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, the leading cause of sleep disorders.

• Stress Management
  Cognitive management of stress
  
  Stressors affect people in different ways. We all have different coping mechanisms. The primary factor in dealing with stress, however, is how we perceive it, in particular what we 'tell' ourselves. This workshop helps participants explore their 'self talk' and shows the connection between thoughts, emotions, behavior and health.

• Understanding Your Medications
  Prescriptions & OTC
  
  This program involves the uses of over the counter medications and safe use of them. The major classes of over the counter medications, main uses, and which over the counter drugs should not be taken with certain prescription medications are discussed. For example, a person on Synthroid medication should not take over the counter decongestants such as Sudafed. The program also includes information about cholesterol medications and the current trends in usage of these agents.

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