(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) As part of our Inside Science and Technology interview series, today’s show is an interview with Dr. Pradeep Reddy, a research scientist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. As w… Continue reading
If you’re into fitness, if you have a few pounds to lose or you’re just trying to live a bit healthier, you might already be using a fitness tracker. But whether you own the latest, snazzy wearable gadget or use a free app on your smartphone, you’re pr… Continue reading
“Digital health” is a common Information Age phrase with an extraordinarily broad multifaceted meaning. In July 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a “Digital Health Innovation Action Plan” that defined the scope of digital health to… Continue reading
Your eyes are dry, itching, burning. It seems like a pretty straightforward diagnosis: dry eye syndrome. But it’s a little more complicated than that. Dry eye syndrome actually is an umbrella term for a number of different conditions that can diminish … Continue reading
The United States ranks No.1 for highest health care costs per person. Annual family health insurance premiums rose 5 percent last year, averaging $19,616, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. A healthy couple retiring at 65 this year can expect … Continue reading
Did you know that arthritis is the main cause of knee pain and disability? Depending on the type and severity of the condition, treatment options include “conservative” medical, lifestyle and non-surgical interventions (oral medications, injections, ph… Continue reading
Designers of social and assistive robots clearly have figured out how to make their creations lovable, including giving them cute names. There’s Paro, Aibo and Buddy, to name a few. But while experts still expect social robots to find a niche in the c… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and the American Federation for Aging Research, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.) I… Continue reading
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes deterioration of the macula, the part of the eye that provides sharp, clear, straight-ahead vision. As many as 11 million people in the United States have some form of AMD, and that number is expected to in… Continue reading
(This article previously appeared on the Kaiser Health News site.) Rural hospitals close when they don’t have enough paying patients to care for, but they’re also dinged when the same patients show up over and over again. That puts outlying medical fac… Continue reading