Leadership support and social connectivity among ingredients of an effective wellness program.Canadian participation rates in workplace wellness programs are extremely low., with just 11 percent of employees participating on a regular basis and 23 percent participating only occasionally, according to the 2015 Sanofi Canada health-care survey…. ...

With permanent behavioural change so difficult to instil, how can employers ensure their wellness programs achieve their intended results?At Benefits Canada‘s Healthy Outcomes conference in Toronto on Friday, Dr. Steven Grover, a professor of medicine at McGill University, shed some insight from his experiences dealing with the impacts...

Regular exercise can improve fatigue in cancer patients. An RCN-funded research project investigates the best ways to motivate patients to get moving.Fatigue is one of the most common and lasting side effects of breast cancer treatments, especially for patients who have had both radiation and chemotherapy. It’s well...