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Allostatix Webinar Discusses How Employers Can Predict Future Employee Wellness, Control Healthcare Benefit Costs

July 30 Event describes an evolved health assessment helping employers anticipate future costs in the workplace

Cincinnati (PRWEB) July 23, 2008 -- Health informatics firm Allostatix LLC will host a webinar titled Predicting Future Wellness: Improving Employee Health and Cost Savings, on Wednesday, July 30 at 1-2 p.m. Eastern time.

The common assumption is that employees with normal test levels and negative medical history are therefore

A healthy workforce benefits employers with decreased absenteeism; happier, more productive employees; and better control over rising healthcare benefits costs. Yet most existing health risk assessments miss a critical segment of the employee population – those without visible indicators of illness who are on a negative health trajectory by their reaction to accumulating stress.

Gordon Horwitz, founder and chief executive officer of Cincinnati startup Allostatix, LLC, will discuss how this accumulated stress – a person’s allostatic load – is a reliable predictor of health problems in the near future.

“The common assumption is that employees with normal test levels and negative medical history are therefore “healthy” and “low-risk,” said Horwitz. “However, testing for the allostatic load provides a picture of “whole body health” – a much more accurate approach than self-reported health behaviors or isolated tests that do not provide a comprehensive picture of health.”

This webinar examines how the daily stresses of life can build up over time and lead to expensive medical problems, and how a new test can actually predict future health status with over 80 percent accuracy. Participants will learn:

• The concept and background of allostatic load
• How stress affects overall health
• What most health risk assessments miss
• How predicting wellness can save an organization money

About Allostatix, LLC.
Allostatix LLC is the creator of the Allostatix Load Test™, a scientific tool that measures the cumulative impact of daily life stresses on an individual’s whole body health. The company’s predictive measurement is conducted through a blood and biometric analysis and is based on 25 years of longitudinal medical research. Allostatix’s Scientific Advisory Board consists of industry-leading research MDs and PhDs from UCLA, Rockefeller University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Cincinnati.

More information is available at http://www.allostatix.com or via e-mail at getanswers(at)allostatix.com.

Contact:

Gordon Horwitz
Allostatix, LLC
513-351-0368   

Gail DeLano
Fisher Vista for Allostatix
gdelano(at)fishervista.com
831-685-9700

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