by Bruce Brown | April 25, 2018 | General News, Health
Healthy longevity is more than a buzzword. Living to an exceptionally old age has little appeal if the final decades are spent in illness, pain, and isolation. The CDC’s Healthy Aging Portal is replete with data, reports, and additional resources on the subject....
by Bruce Brown | April 24, 2018 | General News, Medical
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) plagues hundreds of millions of people worldwide. T2D incidence among U.S. adults currently tops 9.2% overall according to the latest CDC statistics. The disease rate increases with age, topping out at 25% for adults 65 and older. We have covered...
by Bruce Brown | April 23, 2018 | General News, Health
The fight against the persistent opioid epidemic requires a wide range and variety of efforts and tools. Anything that can help recovering addicts resist the urge to relapse deserves attention. We’ve written about Innovative Health Solution’s NSS-2 Bridge...
by Bruce Brown | April 20, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
When you realize that the concept of drone delivery services was first proposed in 2014, the technology’s rapid advances in the past four years are astounding. That same year the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) declared drones illegal and banned all commercial...
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by Bruce Brown | April 19, 2018 | General News, Health
Telemedicine’s disregard for distance simultaneously extends and limits medical care. With a solid Internet connection, doctors can conduct video consultations with patients who are not in the same room with them. However, most physicians cannot easily conduct a...
by Bruce Brown | April 18, 2018 | General News, Medical
We’ve been tracking telemedicine technology, applications, and acceptance. Just a few years ago, more patients than physicians were open to telemedicine, according to a 2015 Nielsen Strategic Health Perspectives study. When the American Medical Association...
