How Could Digital Technology Make An Impact On Primary Care?
I truly hope that very soon I do not have to make an appointment at the GP when I suspect signs of a disease, but my GP will send me a message that she spotted something irregular in my latest test results and my digital health data, so I’d better visit. Let me show you in detail how primary care should be carried out in the future!
Digital health should become an organic part of primary care in the future
I live a fairly healthy life. I use data to improve my lifestyle and to make better decisions by optimising my sleep pattern, my physical, my cognitive or my emotional abilities; and I had several genetic tests....
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Digital Health Research Healthcare Innovation technology wearables GP primary care general practitioner Source Type: blogs
Aging Rate Indicators as Speedometers for Aging Research
Is it possible to measure the pace of aging at any given moment? Are there biomarkers that reveal not the biological age of the individual, but rather how fast that biological age is changing? The field is presently focused on developing measures of biological age, such as the extensive work on epigenetic clocks. Some information about pace of aging might be inferred from whether biological age is higher or lower than chronological age, assuming a biological age measurement that is actually accurate, something that still a topic for contention. But that doesn't say anything about the momentary pace of aging at any given ti...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
The Best Dieting Strategy For People With Type 2 Diabetes
This diet is a very effective weight loss strategy for diabetic patients and those with prediabetes. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Poor Kids. Pitiful Us
By KIM BELLARD
Well, congratulations, America. The child poverty rate more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, jumping from 5.2% to 12.4%, according to new figures from the Census Bureau. Once again, we prove we sure have a funny way of showing that we love our kids.
The poverty rate is actually the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which takes into account government programs aimed at low income families but which are not counted in the official poverty rate. The official poverty rate stayed the same, at 11.5% while the overall SPM increased 4.6% (to 12.4%), the first time the SPM has increased since 2010....
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Child poverty Kim Bellard Medicaid Source Type: blogs
8 Simple Steps To Live 10 Years Longer
Live a decade longer and be free from chronic illnesses by following 8 heart healthy metrics. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
