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...
by Bruce Brown | August 1, 2018 | General News, Health
Two out of every three adults in the U.S. have higher than recommended blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the 150 million affected people, half have hypertension and the other half have prehypertension, which is...
by Bruce Brown | July 31, 2018 | General News, Health
News stories about telemedicine applications and collaborations have become so common in the past year it could be easy to assume that digitally-enabled remote care became a thing only recently, but that’s not the case. The CDC gave telemedicine top billing in...
