Does Workplace Wellness Improve Employee Health?
For the average employee, there are 2080 work hours in a year, and if one has a 45-year career span that totals over 93,000 hours. We likely spend more time…
Food for Health- Time to end The Confusing Narrative
How many times can you recall a friend losing weight and evangelizing a new diet that you should try? It worked for them so de facto it should work for…
Does your​ Smartphone app help you to be more physically active?
Physical activity is an essential component of wellbeing. Globally, the number of physically inactive people is increasing, in part due to our modern living that includes long commutes and desk-based…
Is Happiness the New Vital Sign?
The building blocks for healthy living are well established and include proper nutrition, physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, and robust social connections. When we think about disease processes, inflammation…
Precision Aging- Does Tech Have Some Answers?
In the USA, over ten thousand people are turning 65 daily; this has given rise to a preponderance of newspaper and magazine articles charting the potential impact of the Silver…
Do we have Digital Biomarkers?
There is no denying the pace and reach of digital tools seems exponential. As some digital tools mature are we able to create a palette of digital biomarkers so patients…
Deploying Apps in Primary Care – What are we Learning?
As digital health moves toward broader implementation in US Healthcare, we are beginning to see more studies published on the early experience of deployment. One aspect of import is how…
Maybe the Kids are Alright – Digital Technology use and Well-being
Children and adolescents are digital natives; they don't recall a time before the internet, before smartphones and being able to ask a voice assistant for help. Early research pointed to…
Are there Digital Phenotypes for Detecting Life Stress?
It is a rare person that cannot relate to the concept of stress, we all might define it differently given our personal experience, it might be stressful to stay upright…
That Gut Feeling – Gut-Brain Communication and Your Mental Health
Treatment advances in many chronic conditions in the next three to five years will likely involve the microbiome and genetic therapies - whether new treatments will involve pre-pro-biotic or fecal…