POSTS TAGGED AS wellness

A Personal Healthcare Consultant in Your Pocket

With funding from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and Google, engineers at the Stevens Institute of Technology [MORE]

Anti-Aging Nanoparticles

Galactooligosaccharide
The ghost of Juan Ponce de Leon might be tickled that there may yet be “a fountain of youth,” [MORE]

A Happiness Monitor

Monitoring staff "happiness"
Let’s first consider this quote: “You might think that happiness is something ineffable, an elusive state of being [MORE]

The Payoff for Staying Well

Wellness is hard to define, though most who have given it some thought suppose it means something more than [MORE]

AT&T’s Wellness Remote Monitoring Platform

Combining 4G LTE cellular service and in-home WiFi, AT&T and partners have put together a platform for monitoring people, [MORE]

A Brave New World in Diagnostics: Disruptive Ideas that Just Might Come True

Learning Objectives for the Panel Presentation
MODERATOR:  Robin A. Felder, PhD

After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:
1.      [MORE]

“Smartcoach” from Target

Smart Coach
Among the mass retailers like WalMart and CVS who have launched consumer healthcare strategies, Target is the only [MORE]

Collective Behavior, Supermarketing, and Obesity

What accounts for the so-called “obesity epidemic?”  Suddenly, have millions of people decided they want to be fat? While [MORE]

Wellness for Long-Distance Truckers

Rolling Strong, LLC (Las Vegas, NV) has announced its collaboration with Kroger Pharmacies to implement a health monitoring and [MORE]

What NFL Uniforms Might Do for Elders

Nike Elite 51 Uniform
Getting smacked down by a 300 lb linebacker isn’t quite like falling down the stairs, [MORE]

Wellness Program for Schools

Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare
Elementary school children in Boston will participate in a wellness [MORE]

Low Cost Wearable Vital Signs Monitor

Vital Signs Monitor
Calling their device a “life and activity monitor,” researchers at Oregon State University and the University of [MORE]

Sprint Enters Mobile Health

Like Verizon and AT&T, Sprint is moving into the healthcare space with its partner, Toronto-based Ideal Life, a maker [MORE]

BodyMedia Weight Loss Coach

BodyMedia Personal Monitor
BodyMedia, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) makes an armband monitor that tracks calories burned and movement based on four [MORE]