Since I know several people who enjoy mountain biking, I began to wonder how many people have died from mountain biking. Although I couldn’t find any statistics specific to that question, I did find that there are about 1,000 bicycle related deaths in the U.S. each year, 75% of which are due to head injuries. […]
Here is a scary stat:Â approximately 300,000 adult deaths in America annually are associated with unhealthy eating habits, lack of nutrition, and sedentary behavior.
Don’t you think it’s about time you got up, went to the gym and started eating better? Studies have shown that healthy lifestyles not only attribute to longevity, but can directly […]
Most companies have current document retention policies in place, but only about 33% of companies actively enforce such policies. That means, nearly 80% of all documents that are generated by a company are stored on users’ desktops, either on shared drives, or as e-mail attachments. Thus, protecting, accessing, and tracking documents with valuable […]
With thousands of young hopefuls trying to make it big in Hollywood, what are your chances of becoming the next Reese Witherspoon or Brad Pitt? Probably slim to none even with hard work and dedication. The audition or try out with just the right casting director that will launch you to instant stardom is not […]
Did you know that over half of business communication is still conducted over the phone? Good thing our office invested in an Avaya IP Office system (much to the chagrin of our accountant!).Â
So maybe it was pretty hefty in price initially but Avaya is like the BMW of telephone systems: quality and top of […]
Data loss costs U.S. businesses more than $18 billion a year, according to the Pepperdine study in 2003. That study is the most recent estimate available, but the number is probably much higher today.
Although most companies have policies about document retention and compliance for reasons of security and legal compliance, and for better business efficiency, […]
The holidays are a marketable time for retail stores, with holiday sales in 2005 reaching $435.6 billion dollars. Retail sales have steadily increased 5% each year since 1998. Surprisingly, men spend more than women on holiday gifts, with the average man spending $780 and the average woman spending $693 each year.
Most people spend about $700 […]
Although there has been a large focus on being overweight, there are a small percentage of people that are athletes and keep their body in top performance and in “perfect” shape.
One way that athletes determine their sport performance is through body fat percentage. If athletes have excess fat, it may hinder their performance in their […]
It may come as a surprise that about 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese, resulting in $30 billion a year that is spent in efforts to lose or control body weight.
An estimated 60% of health ailments for non-smokers are from being over-weight. Being overweight or […]