by Bruce Brown | April 12, 2017 | General News, Health
Stress is a factor leading to 3 out of 4 doctor’s visits in the U.S., according to Stress.org. The same organization claims that 44% of Americans reported feeling more stressed in 2015 than five years earlier. One in 5 people experiences extreme stress, the...
by Alfred Poor | October 21, 2016 | General News, Health
The “quantified self” strategy only works if you have a way to quantify the self. Wearables — including smart watches — offer a handy way to collect such data, but these tend to be fairly expensive and not everyone sees them as a necessity that...
by Alfred Poor | September 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
[Click on image for larger version] I recently came across an intriguing blog post in support of the HyperWellbeing conference to be held in November in Mountain View, California. While the conference itself sounds interesting, I was taken by a concept put forward in...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2016 | General News, Health
Our relationship with the sun is tricky. Sunlight is our best source of vitamin D and it also can feel wonderful. Many of us go to great lengths to get the deepest tan we can so we’ll “look our best.” On the other side of the coin, according to...
by Bruce Brown | February 24, 2016 | General News, Health
Do you have forward neck? I do. It’s also called forward posture or sometimes text neck. This condition is common among people who read and increasingly so with folks who spend lots of time using computers or craned over smartphones and tablets. Forward head is...