This week, Dr. Eli J. Hurowitz recognizes St. Luke’s Occupational Medicine for receiving the Excellence Award for Environmental Health and Safety from the Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association (MAEA). Congratulations, team! The Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association (MAEA) is shining the spotlight on St. Luke’s Occupational Medicine! This Spring 2023, the organization has […]
Preventing Cognitive Decline in Shift Work
According to a meta-analysis recently published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, shift work (especially hours worked at night) can lead to decreased cognitive performance. Dr. Eli J. Hurowitz offers up some suggestions on how to remedy this situation: After completing 18 studies with 18,802 participants, Thomas Vlasak and his colleagues at Sigmund Freud Private University […]
Get in the zone at the office with Myzone!
Everyone wants to be ‘in the zone’ at work, right? Well, this week, Dr. Eli J. Hurowitz offers up a new way to get there in his workplace wellness feature of the Myzone system: What is Myzone? Myzone is a group fitness technology. It comes in the form of wearable heart rate monitor devices. Similar […]
Encourage Movement in the Office
In this week’s edition of the Workplace Wellness Series, Dr. Eli J. Hurowitz, Occupational Medicine Physician, discusses things to consider about seating and mobility in office settings: Assigned workspaces are great for company culture. Having one’s own space allows for individuality and identity within the office. And it also makes finding coworkers for collaborative work […]
Take a Break! Encourage Employee Work Breaks
In this week’s edition of Dr. Eli J. Hurowitz’s workplace wellness blog series, the occupational medicine specialist talks about work breaks and why they are important. Here are some of the benefits of encouraging employees to take a break: Lunch breaks are great. But these breaks are also inherently important for physical health. Dr. Eli […]