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These days, your corporate wellness is almost inextricably linked to your entire wellbeing; if things are going well at work your home life is better, while workplace stress sneakily feeds its way into your relationships and personal time.…

‘Chronic job strain can put both your physical and emotional health at risk,’ says Paul J. Rosch, MD, the president of the American Institute of Stress, but when corporate wellness experts and the like talk about this strain, they tend to…

After you’ve been in a relationship for a while, your sexual wellness tends to wilt. However, not having sex shouldn’t be a “normal” part of life; it’s a real sexual health issue. It’s never time to give up on sex, so let’s look at why…

A fantastic new advancement in the field of anti-aging could possibly blow about everything else out of the water. Hybrid Energy skin technology is a wellness-related treatment that works on the principal of fractional radio technology. It…

Many people worry about the effects of mobile phones on our health, as they are so widespread now - in 2011, it was estimated that around five billion people used a mobile phone. Medical research suggests that even small health risks…

A team of top researchers at Microsoft are working with Chinese coding experts to tap the Xbox 360 Kinect motion sensor's body-tracking capabilities to create sign language recognition capabilities for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. This…

A new study carried out by Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and INOVA Diagnostics has resulted in the completion of a worldwide license agreement for new technology which could detect antibodies to carbamylated proteins (anti-CarP).…

For Ann Laurie Fratticcioli, owner of Time Well Spent – a Concierge and Personal Errand Services based in Central New Jersey – the work-life balance debate has come to the forefront. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In talks about…

Having diabetes is not a competition – but curing it could be, with a new competition offering a top prize of $100,000. The Data Design Diabetes Challenge is an innovative new way of incentivising companies to think about using technology…

Technology has helped workaholic Indians to achieve a better work-life balance. This is according to a new study from Accenture entitled Defining Success, which found that 64% of Indians describe themselves as workaholics, and their…

If you are a diabetic, then the doctor's prescription may fall under two categories: insulin and exercise. When it comes to the latter, it can sometimes be tricky to find the time, patience and practice in order to keep oneself under a…

With obesity rates rising, doctors have been scratching their heads over the best – and safest way – to combat the disorder that seems to claim so many. Around the corner however, a new and mercifully-inexpensive augmentation may be key…

The continuing advances in technology serve to improve patient care and alleviate the work load of hospital workers. While some of these devices are in current use, others are in trial periods in facilities across the country. Bloodless…

Whether the mood just isn’t right, or you’ve got an early start in the morning, sometimes sex can be the last thing you want when you crawl into bed, but what about those times when, seemingly inexplicably, you don’t get the intimacy you…

The mobile phone is ubiquitous part of our lives that we often take for granted. It’s impossible to walk down a street without seeing someone calling, texting, gaming or checking their emails. This is becoming increasingly true across the…

The medicines we use to cure our ills take decades to develop and release. In a complete turnaround to this rule, the technology being incorporated into medical devices reinvents itself by the day. Let's take a peek at the…

You may think that eco-friendly, or environmentally friendly, goods and services only cause a minimum amount of damage to the wellbeing of the planet, but actually eco-friendly technology works to sustain and improve environmental…

Electronic medical records, along with health information systems and other technologies, are revolutionizing how patients access and receive healthcare services. Below introduces four ways that electronic medical records are changing the…

Staying healthy takes hard work, motivation, dedication, and planning, but technology can make it a little easier. Here are three ways technology can help you stay fit. 1. Distraction Be honest—sometimes exercise is boring. There are…

One of the biggest issues facing the world today is the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The problem isn't the condition itself, it's how destitute the countries which are worst effected are. This relative level of poverty means that the countries…

Throughout your lifetime, your brain can form new neural connections. The fancy name for this is neuroplasticity, and it occurs when you practice and repeat doing things so much that it eventually just becomes automatic, like a habit. This…

A study has found that teenagers who are not embarrassed about sending sexual texts are far more likely to protect their sexual wellness and wellbeing. Researchers said that using technology is a great way to get teenagers talking about…

Weight loss and fitness gadgets are the latest high-tech way to improve your wellness and wellbeing. With products from top fitness companies Fitbit, Jawbone and Nike, many people are now using wearable fitness products, clipped to their…

Microsoft is the latest company to start trying to make an impact on your wellness and wellbeing through the medium of weight loss and fitness. Fitness tracking has become huge in the world of technology, and the Bing Health and Fitness…

Worry about the potential health effects of mobile phones has grown almost in proportion to the market itself. Multiple research projects hold mobile phone radiation responsible for a host of medical conditions, including lowering…

Apparently 40 is the new 30 and this could mean that women aren't so worried about getting older, but how can we keep our skin looking as young and fresh as we feel? Your wellness can show in so many different ways, from glossy hair and…

As heart related problems affect millions of people, vast amounts of research has been conducted relating to it in recent years - often relating to how potentially hazardous surgery-techniques can be made safer and easier for both patients…

The problem of health care is not just one of cost, it’s one of infrastructure. Simply put, hospitals and practices operate inefficiently. The paper transfer of medical records leaves too much room for error, and the patient suffers in the…

Technology undoubtedly has more of an impact on your wellbeing than it ever has before, continually penetrating and transforming the world of healthcare and wellness as we know it. Technology provides many benefits to the medical…

A new environmental agenda is picking up kudos and converts, but possibly at the expense of many traditional environmental wellness experts. Environmental modernism, as it is known, is based on the belief that technology is the solution for…