by Bruce Brown | December 28, 2018 | Health
Feeling depressed or judging experience as “depressing” are universes away from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Most people can shake off minor depression, but patients who suffer from MDD don’t have a choice. Someone with MDD can’t just...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
At Health Tech Insider, we typically post articles about individual projects, products, or research reports. We also generate all of our own content; we don’t publish submitted articles. So this article is a bit of a departure from our normal editorial scope. We...
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 | July 13, 2018 | General News, Health
Wearable devices abound that track data to aid fitness and sports enthusiasts. Biometric sensors in watches, headbands, shoes, bracelets, and even clothing can monitor physiological indicators significant to people with chronic diseases such as diabetes and...
by Bruce Brown | July 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
Statistics regarding the prevalence of depression in the U.S. are hardly uplifting. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), one in six adults in the U.S. will have depression at some time in their lives. In any given year, approximately 16...