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According to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) Employee Benefits survey report, 16% of employers provide a discount on health insurance premiums to people who do not use tobacco products, 10% offer a discount for participating in a program to quit smoking, and 18% impose a smoking surcharge. Many employers are turning to nicotine testing to discourage dishonesty and ensure incentives are appropriately distributed. Your browser does not support the video t …

There’s a huge wave of people now tracking ongoing key health indicators such as cholesterol, glucose levels, and liver and kidney function. These blood biomarkers, which lifestyle often has a dramatic impact on, can all be improved quite easily when you know the levels of the enzyme or functional fluid you are targeting. Long-term tracking with finger-prick blood tests allow you to see changes in your blood and adjust your lifestyle before they become problems.What will Blood biomarkers …

Drug abuse is when someone uses a drug for pleasure or to get high. Drug addiction occurs when someone has become dependent on a drug and cannot control whether, how, when to use it, or how much. Whether a child tries a drug once or repeatedly, drugs have deadly consequences.Risk Factors for Drug UseDrug use develops over time. These are some general factors that may place a teen at risk: Too little parental supervision Lack of communication between parents and childrenParental alcohol or …

Alcoholism is one of the most common addictions affecting Americans. The problem of alcoholism is so widespread that it is a leading cause of death among adults and teenagers. The link between criminal behavior and alcohol is so strong that courts, government agencies and probationary programs often require convicted offenders to submit to periodic alcohol testing to ensure they are not violating the terms of their probation or court sentence to refrain from alcohol use.What the statistics …

The US makes up 5 percent of the world’s population and consumes approximately 80 percent of the world’s prescription opioid drugs.Many people take prescription medications responsibly, however, an estimated 18 million people have misused such medications at least once in the past year.What is prescription drug abuse?Prescription drug abuse includes everything from taking someone else’s prescription painkiller for your backache to snorting or injecting ground-up pills to get high. Drug abu …