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Calorie restriction indeed helps you live longer (and better)

"People say that 'you are what you eat,' and we're finding that to be true in lots of ways," says Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban, another of the paper's authors and a staff researcher at Salk. "The state of your cells as you age clearly depends on your interactions with your environment, which includes what and how... Continue Reading →

Workers fail to address their own health concerns

Employees are concerned about their health and well-being, but they lack specific knowledge of their health status and motivation to change poor behaviors It may pay for employers to go the limit to encourage worker health. A Humana study from August 2019 found that a healthy workforce leads to higher productivity and healthcare savings. The health insurer said... Continue Reading →

Google’s acquisition of Fitbit could pose ‘high level of risk to privacy and data protection’

jm https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/europe/google-s-acquisition-fitbit-could-pose-high-level-risk-privacy-and-data-protection

Should consumers be wary of Apple’s heartbeat monitoring app?

"consumers need to stay engaged and understand that such tools aren’t an end to detection, but just the beginning. And it’s this partnership—informed consumer and physician—that will drive further success for health tech." https://fortune.com/2020/02/26/apple-watch-heart-rate-app/

The top 5 technologies that will change health care over the next decade

Advancements in exoskeleton technology, AI’s ever-increasing importance in health care, and technologies like 5G and quantum computing soon going mainstream. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/5-technologies-predicted-to-change-healthcare-over-next-10-years.html

Employees want digital health support from their employers

“The findings from the ‘Health on Demand’ survey confirm our belief that employers looking to build a workplace culture of wellbeing and to improve talent retention should consider digital health investments, otherwise they risk being left behind in today’s competitive global labour markets.” https://www.itij.com/latest/news/employees-want-digital-health-support-their-employers

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