behavior change
Own Your Health: Both Health and Healthcare Depend on You
It’s tempting not to think about your health until something goes wrong. As long as nothing hurts or slows you down, you can focus on something else, right?
Not quite. Let’s change that mindset.
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artificial intelligence
Use a Skin Scan App to Check that Spot
As a Mom and the “Chief Health Officer'' for my family, one of the hardest tasks is triage: figuring out when to see a doctor, merely watch and wait, or just ignore a potential health threat.
I hav...
Artificial Intelligence
Look Good, Feel Great with Virtual Skin Care & Makeup
In my opinion, the conventional idea of health & healthcare is too narrow. For one thing, health is shaped by everyday life activities more than any factor--what you eat, how you sleep, how muc...
digital tech
Medication Reminders Go Digital
Half of Americans have taken a prescription drug in the last 30 days--including 70% of people over age 40. Most seniors and people with complex health conditions juggle a long list of meds, some pr...
activity trackers
Measure What You Want to Manage
One of the best things about using technology for health is that you can use sensors and devices to make the “invisible” visible. Above are my actual “activity” rings for today as recorded by my Ap...