The Hidden Influence Shaping Behavior in the Financial Markets: Incentive and Retention Frameworks

Incentive and retention frameworks quietly shape behavior and appetite for risk-taking in the financial markets. EWM Global, ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Study finds incentives for both patients and physicians most effective

Many patients prescribed statins to lower cholesterol levels stop taking them within a few months. However, a new study led by researchers at the Philadelphia-based Perelman School of Medicine at the ...
Medscape

Financial Incentive Could Help Pregnant Women Stop Smoking

Smoking during pregnancy is a major health concern for the mother and the unborn child leading to negative birth outcomes which can then develop later in life. Evidence suggests that less than half of ...
New York Post

Obese people will lose more weight if you pay them: study

Giving people a monetary incentive to achieve weight loss goals doubles the pounds they lose, according to a new study. Researchers tracked the weight loss of 668 morbidly obese adults in New York ...
Healio

Financial incentives more effective for weight reduction than resources alone

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Because individuals with obesity are more likely than individuals with normal weight to face social stigma, ...
EurekAlert!

Text messages with financial incentives can help men who are living with obesity lose weight, UK study finds (JAMA)

*Note: this paper is being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) and is being published in JAMA. Please credit both the congress and the journal in your stories.* A new study presented ...