Like Chocolate – The evidence seems to be irrefutable. The nation’s health is in a very sorry state. Along with smoking, obesity is one of the two main drivers behind the biggest killers of the modern world: cancers, heart attacks, strokes, and diabetes. Last year, the World Obesity Forum predicted...
TDL Brings Alexa to Residential Care Home – The Digital Line (TDL) is working with Hampton Care Home, Canford Care, and tech giant Amazon to begin a case study of voice assistants for residents of the Richmond borough home. This will see the introduction of technology for the benefit of both...
AI Scans Could Keep Mums and Babies Safer – Many years ago I wrote a major article, working with a top medic, to squash a scare that was putting pregnant women off having scans. The fear had been caused by a scientist bombarding rat cells with something that went way beyond what was used on unborn...
How can you tell if someone with mental issues has taken prescribed pills? By the very nature of their illness, these patients can have a hard time remembering to take their medication, while sticking to the regime can be crucial. Without anything to alert them, health and support workers won’t know...
It has long been accepted that “breast is best” when it comes to feeding babies but that assumes mothers can actually cope with the initial challenge – and believe me it can be a challenge – and then with the need to provide their own milk for growing babies. Using a breast pump to provide...
Black Box VR – There are few clichés as tired as the desire to get fit at the start of a new year – what greater January tradition is there then signing up to a gym and declaring that you “really mean it this time” about getting toned and healthy? But, as is becoming more typical […]
Putting the bad voices back in their box – Schizophrenia affects more than 20 million people across the world many can’t work or live in meaningful relationships. A terrifying aspect of schizophrenia is the type of hallucinations suffered and the frightening negative voices that control people. Around...
The Rise of Wearable Tech A recent survey by AVIVA discovered that the number of UK adults using physical activity trackers has risen by 75% in the last year. Just as we humans are evolving, so is technology. It’s becoming smaller, faster, smarter, and even wearable. With a growing awareness of how lifestyle...
In an interview with the Observer newspaper, the children’s commissioner Anne Longfield has gone on record to criticise the amount of time children are spending online, encouraging parents to be more proactive in dissuading them from “bingeing on the web”. She also had harsh words for the way the social...
Once the stuff of sci-fi movies and futuristic novels, cryogenics is now a legitimate business offering the chance of a second life to people and even pets, the world over. I happened across an article in one of the major British tabloids that claimed people were now signing up and parting with their...
