by Alfred Poor | September 25, 2017 | General News, Health
The number of U.S. seniors aged 65 or older topped 50 million in November 2016. By 2020, this number is expected to grow to nearly 55 million. According to AARP, about 34 million people in the U.S. provided unpaid care to adults aged 50 or older in 2015. Our country...
by Alfred Poor | August 4, 2017 | General News, Health
Before they are born, babies in the womb are comforted by the familiar vibrations of their mothers’ heartbeats. We’ve written about Team Turquoise in the past, and their “doppel” wristband that is designed to reduce stress response for the...
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by Bruce Brown | July 6, 2017 | General News, Medical
Brain stimulation with wearable consumer or medical devices offers a wide range of possible helpful effects. We’ve looked at Thync Relax to alter moods, research at the University of Washington using direct brain stimulation to help people with spinal cord...
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by Alfred Poor | March 8, 2017 | General News, Health
Modern medicine works miracles. Diseases that used to kill thousands and thousands of people every year have all but disappeared from the planet. Other diseases that used to be a certain death sentence now can be cured, or at least their progress can be slowed. Cancer...
by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2017 | General News, Health
Workplace stress takes a toll on employees. In July 2016, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health studied job stress in collaboration with National Public Radio and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The study found that while many people think work is good for...
