by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2017 | General News, Health
Despite widespread attention in the 1980s and 1990s, eating disorder rates have not changed, according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Not limited to young women and girls, eating disorders plague males and females of all ages. NEDA surveys...
by Alfred Poor | November 21, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is that consumer purchases will give way to large-scale enterprise purchases in the wearable technology industry. Already, we are seeing deals resulting in sales of 10,000 units or more fitness bands at a time. A...
by Jim Ware | November 20, 2017 | General News, Medical
When increasing Internet use by older people meets mental health needs, a shift in behavior can occur. Twenty-two percent of older men and 28 percent of older women are affected by depression, compared to 20 percent of adults in the general population. Alarmingly,...
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by Kimberly Houston | November 1, 2017 | General News, Medical
It’s an unfortunate truth that many of us know someone with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This is no surprise since AD is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5 million individuals in the U.S. This number is expected to triple by 2050, according to the...
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...
