by Bruce Brown | December 22, 2017 | General News, Health
Falls are the leading cause of death from injury for people aged 65 and older. Longer lifespans, a growing 65+ population proportion, decreasing bone density with age, and the preference of many older people to age independently at home add up to an increasing need...
by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2017 | General News, Health
Despite widespread attention in the 1980s and 1990s, eating disorder rates have not changed, according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Not limited to young women and girls, eating disorders plague males and females of all ages. NEDA surveys...
by Bruce Brown | November 20, 2017 | General News, Health
“One size fits all” may work for baseball caps or socks, but products and services touted as universal solutions face challenges of individual size, preference, and a myriad of choice factors. Regardless of application, wearable tech faces the...
by Kimberly Houston | November 9, 2017 | General News, Health
Construction sites are some of the most complex working environments there are. Multiple workers across multiple locations on a single job site, working with hazardous equipment, often isolated from other workers and out of sight of supervisors, combine to make safety...
by Alfred Poor | September 4, 2017 | General News, Health
“Bend your knees when you pick up a heavy object.” We’ve all been told this so many times that just about everyone should know this by now. Yet workers continue to suffer injuries that are classified as “work-related musculoskeletal...