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A look back at 2013's most read blog posts

23 December 2013
One word to describe 2013 -- mobile. Like the word 'plastics' in The Graduate, if you were asked where folks wanted to apply their overwrought investor piggy banks in 2013, it is clear that males (who dominate the investor ranks) consider 2013 the year of Mobile! If it is smartphone-like and/or moves with you on the body, to mangle Arnold Schwarzenegger, invest a billion or so in it.  Why not?  But a not-so-subtle change marked the year -- what was once mHealth to healthcare (maybe because ...

Acupuncture and Breast Cancer

23 December 2013
Source: HealthDay - Video
Acceptability and factors associated with willingness to...

Acceptability and factors associated with willingness to...

An article from the Aids Care journal

20 December 2013
From the PubMed article abstract: "This study aimed to understand the acceptability of short message service (SMS) as a reminder for improving antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and determine the factors...
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Modest Weight Loss May Reduce Heart Disease, Diabetes in...

19 December 2013
Source: American Heart Association

CASTing a bit of light on technology adoption in senior...

17 December 2013
Senior housing – first set a survey baseline that worries leaders.   At a 2011 presentation at LeadingAge’s conference in DC, not long after the organization dropped the AAHSA moniker, a technology adoption survey was presented and prefaced with an apology about the low (18%) participation rate in the survey. A month later, the organization published a series of case studies about early adopters ("Pioneers in the field") – several presented at that LeadingAge conference.  Okay – there were ...
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