In the world of health and medicine, “chronic pain” is a prevalent and all too real diagnosis for over 11% of Americans according to the National Health Institutes. What exactly is chronic pain? Any persistent pain that lasts several weeks to even years, often a result …
Technology continues to revolutionize the way we live our lives, and apps are one of the key ways in which it does so daily. The health and fitness sector is one that is evolving continually, and apps are now targeting a key challenge facing public healthcare: …
A major health challenge facing the public and the healthcare system? Medicine Adherence. A technical way of referring to whether patients take their medicine as prescribed or not, medicine adherence is lacking to say the least. In fact, in a 2011 report from the Mayo Clinic …