by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2022 | Medical
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine acceptance and implementation was already on a fast growth track. Lockdowns and forced isolation plus the fear of COVID infection boosted telehealth adoption even faster and further into new areas of healthcare....
by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2022 | Health
Adolescence was tough enough when we were kids. Today’s young people are growing up during what a White House Briefing Room fact sheet describes as “an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages.” The fact sheet cites...
by Bruce Brown | December 16, 2021 | Health
Your body has messages for you. We’ve written about biofeedback in several forms and purposes. In 2014 we wrote about Galvanic Ltd.’s Pip, a guitar pick-shaped device that measures galvanic skin response (GSR) to help users manage stress. In 2015 and again...
by Bruce Brown | October 1, 2020 | Medical
Pediatric anxiety was a significant mental health issue even before COVID-19. According to the CDC, 7% of children in the U.S. aged 3-17 years have been diagnosed with anxiety. Citing early data from a Bristol University research study, London-based BfB Labs states...
by Bruce Brown | March 4, 2020 | Health
Engineers from Texas A&M University (TAMU) are taking a proactive approach to the mental health of college students. Researchers in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering are developing a wearable continuous mental health monitoring and...