by Kimberly Houston | October 24, 2017 | General News, Health
According to The National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 16.1 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2015. If not treated effectively, depression can become a chronic disease. Medication and therapy...
by Bruce Brown | October 20, 2017 | General News, Health
The focus on wearable health tech started with the hardware before shifting to the software, as is often the case with new technology. With personal computers in the early to mid 80s, for example, the key question for most people was what brand machine to buy, not...
by Jim Ware | October 18, 2017 | General News, Medical
Substance abuse treatment is now as close as your mobile device. Previously, “treatment as usual” (TAU) consisted of face-to-face counseling. A sub-group of patients in the study, those who weren’t abstinent at the start, showed an almost five-fold...
by Kimberly Houston | October 12, 2017 | General News, Health
Maybe you got a fitness tracker like Fitbit and were eager to begin tracking your activity, exercise, sleep, and weight to improve your health. But like many Americans, you found it inconvenient to use and no longer wear it much. Or perhaps you have health issues that...
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by Kimberly Houston | October 5, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smartwatches promise to make our lives easier and more efficient, but there’s a drawback. While traditional watches can run for months or even years, the battery life on most smartwatches is typically one to three days. A watch that harvests energy from outside...
