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Denise McMahan

• Start the New Year with some BMI know-how

  Monday - December 28, 2009 3:51 PM

  There’s never been a better time to know your Body Mass Index (BMI) and kick off the New Year with a little health care know-how. “Your BMI is an estimate of your body fat, based on your height and weight (AARP.org).” According to LifeHealth co-founders, Margot Langstaff and Elisa Hamill, your BMI is ...

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• New trade organization kicks off with the support of LifeHealth

  Tuesday - December 08, 2009 1:13 AM

  A new trade organization called Colorado Society for Wellness and Prevention (SCWP) met for a symposium this week at National Jewish Health, and they plan to address what they feel is an oversight in health care reform: how to improve the health of an increasingly unhealthy population. Members of the new society include Kaiser Permanente ...

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• Can we take responsibility for rising health care costs?

  Saturday - October 17, 2009 12:08 AM

  Recently, the Denver Business Journal presented letters to the editor on the subject of health care in response to “The Pulse” Web survey, asking “Who’s responsible for rising health care costs?” Three different sources –four including the public Web survey audience –proposed their answer for who is responsible. Interestingly, a seamless theme ran through each one: responsibility ...

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• Healthy equals wealthy

  Tuesday - September 01, 2009 4:55 PM

  No matter what side of the political fence you sit on, it’s interesting to see how Obama’s efforts to improve the status of health care in America is raising the awareness bar on wellness in our own lives—specifically, at worksites. Whether in the Oval Office, the corner office or the home office, business owners and ...

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• Wellness gets a boost from the techie world

  Tuesday - August 04, 2009 4:58 PM

  Life has a way of slapping you down when you think you really know something. I was in the doctor’s office for a series of tests recently, and every time I had an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses who were working together to give me a diagnosis, I was filling out the ...

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• Small tests, mighty outcomes

  Friday - June 26, 2009 4:53 PM

  Our tagline, “Good health is good business,” was never more poignant to me than last Thursday when I attended my first health fair. LifeHealth was on site with an employer while they hosted a health fair for their employees. I expected a health fair to be a somewhat sedate experience, but when I entered the ...

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• LifeHealth is in good company

  Friday - June 26, 2009 4:49 PM

  The South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce dispelled any doubts about the livelihood of business activity on the south side of town on May 21 at the Small Business Leadership Awards 2009. An impressive short list of businesses and their stories were shared at the event, along with jaw-dropping commitment to their respective employees, workplace ...

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• New and improved idea of success

  Monday - June 01, 2009 4:08 AM

  I was reading SUCCESS magazine the other day because it’s recently had an overhaul. The subhead below SUCCESS says, “What Achievers Read” and I was curious to see what kind of brain splitting articles I would read about the latest strategies for climbing the business ladder and leery about articles that would tell me about ...

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