by Bruce Brown | March 12, 2018 | General News, Health
A cancer diagnosis is bad enough, but it often kicks off high stress levels that significantly diminish a patient’s quality of life. A 2014 study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found nearly 32% of patients newly diagnosed with cancer developed...
by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2018 | General News, Health
The Baby Boomer population bubble following World War II lasted for 18 years of optimism from 1946 to 1964. The first Boomers turned 65 in 2011. The youngest cohort will cross the senior citizen threshold in 2029. This immense group of 75+ million individuals, raised...
by Bruce Brown | March 20, 2017 | General News, Health
Emotional well-being encompasses mental, social, and physical domains. Since 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Health-Related Quality of Life Program has led an effort to examine how well-being can be integrated into health promotion...
by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2016 | General News, Health
According to a World Health Organization study in 2010, 285 million people suffered from visual impairment attributed to macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, or other visual conditions. As our population...
by Bruce Brown | January 15, 2016 | General News, Health
You might be appalled when you consider what you cannot do when you have severe hand tremors. Shaky hands make it difficult — if not impossible — to write legibly, type, use a mouse, insert a key in a lock, retrieve a card or cash to pay for goods, button...