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The Plainfield Recreation and Aquatic Center reports it is partnering with Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program to offer older adults a cost-effective way to increase their physical activity.

A career in teaching might be good for your well-being. While the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index previously revealed that business owners were richer in well-being than other job types , further research isolating teachers from other professionals finds teachers fare as well as or better than business owners in overall well-being. Gallup ...

December 14, 2009 MANASQUAN, NJ, USA - Quantifying the impact of health and behavior change resulting from health coaching interventions on healthcare utilization and medical costs is still a major challenge, especially in a time of tough budget scrutiny.

On average, fewer American adults reported having the flu "yesterday" in November than did so in October , according to data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

Independence Blue Cross announced it is offering the award-winning Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program to its Medicare Advantage members.

Research released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index last week points to a significant decline in overall well-being among all Americans over the past six months A' more than 123 million Americans are now estimated to be struggling or suffering.A Those struggling outnumber those thriving for the fourth consecutive month.

Healthways, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a full, two-year accreditation for Health Utilization Management, Version 5.1, by URAC, the Washington, D.C.-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

A new analysis of more than 650,000 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index interviews conducted in 2008 and 2009 shows that "worry" is a much more common emotion among young and middle-aged Americans than among seniors.

Americans continue to rate their lives as well as at any time since measurement began in January 2008, according to the November update of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

People around the world come to Las Vegas for a good time, but a new survey shows Nevadans are among the nation's most unhappy residents.

Despite having the second-worst budget crisis in the country, blistering summer heat, and that whole Sheriff Arpaio problem in its most-populous county, Arizona is among the happiest states in the country, according to a recent survey.

This is known as the season of giving, as well the season of holiday parties. But a while back, some employees at Healthways, a Franklin-based health care company, went to their boss with an idea.

Business Wire Source: Business Wire Wordcount: unknown Agreement Brings SilverSneakersFitness Program Access to 47,000 Members NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- -- Healthways, Inc.

Local health care industry leaders rejoiced Monday at the announced plan to build a 2 million-square-foot medical trade center at the current site of the Nashville Convention Center .

Healthways Inc. has teamed up with a San Antonio-based provider of Medicare plans to offer Healthways' SilverSneakers Fitness Program to plan members in four states beginning in January.

What people have the highest well-being of any occupation? Business owners. These were the findings from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, a study conducted during the first eight months of 2009.

The Happiest Place in America is ... District 14 -- a wonderful world, indeed Despite California's dismal unemployment rate and fiscal woes, folks in Silicon Valley are pretty darn content.

Last week we reported to you about the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which reported that Eastern Kentuckya s 5th Congressional District is the a oeunhappiesta district in the nation.

Share According to a national poll, Mountain View and the surrounding region is the happiest place in the whole country.

Smokers trail nonsmokers in well-being, regardless of income bracket, according to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data collected in 2008 and 2009.