by Alfred Poor | August 9, 2018 | General News, Health
What disease affects nearly 50 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases diagnosed each year? This disease costs more than $1 trillion each year when you factor in all the direct and indirect costs. The answer is dementia, and these numbers are...
by Bruce Brown | August 8, 2018 | General News, Health
Childhood cancer survivors are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the disease occurs on average eight years earlier than the general population. There are approximately a half million childhood cancer survivors in the U.S. Even though the link...
by Bruce Brown | August 7, 2018 | General News, Health
Suicides have increased across the United States in the first decades of the 21st century. Every state except for Nevada has seen increases, ranging from just under 6% in Delaware to more than 57% in North Dakota. In 25 states, suicide rates have risen more than 30%...
by Alfred Poor | August 7, 2018 | General News, Health
Healthcare reform is a subject of heated debate in the U.S. and other countries, as costs continue to spiral out of control. In this country, about half of all residents are insured by their employer according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. This means that employers...
by Bruce Brown | August 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
We usually write about new health technology that people wear, hold, carry, or use in their homes. We have noted studies that indicate self-driving cars will support aging at home and covered the Vigo headset monitor that tracks truck driver alertness. Despite the...
by Bruce Brown | August 2, 2018 | General News, Health
You won’t find “Smartphone Addiction” in the DSM-5, the latest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM changes slowly, but that doesn’t mean that excessive new media...
