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November 30, 2021
How many old cell phones, laptops, or devices do you have lying around the house? Getting rid of them in a safe way supports your own and your community’s health. E-waste harms the environment Did you know that only 10% of cell phones in the US are recycled, and that most Americans replace their mobile phones every 12
October 26, 2021
Image credits: Top Left - HidrateSpark PRO Water Bottle (Hidratespark.com), Top Middle - Samsung Family Hub™ 4-Door Flex™ Refrigerator (Samsung.com), Top Right - Apple Watch with Activity Rings (Developer.apple.com), Bottom Left - TOTO NEOREST® NX2 Dual Flush Toilet (Totousa.com), Bottom Middle - ZocDoc App (Zocdoc.com
October 5, 2021
Who doesn't want to make managing their health and health care easier? But changing unhealthy habits and navigating the fragmented health care system can be challenging at best. Aetna-CVS, the largest health company in the US, is shaking things up. It also happens to be run by the woman at the top of Fortune's Most Pow
July 27, 2021
During the COVID pandemic mental health problems and technology use are both unusually high. Does that mean technology is bad for us? Not necessarily, though it is in some ways contributing to our problems. When it comes to mental health, technology can both harm and heal us: context matters a lot. The good news is, th
May 26, 2021
As a Mom and the “Chief Health Officer'' for my family, one of the hardest tasks is triage: figuring out when to see a doctor, merely watch and wait, or just ignore a potential health threat. I have two daughters who tend toward the dramatic, so my challenge is often reassuring them that some symptom isn’t a big deal.
February 23, 2021
Pictured above are the Terminator from Terminator: Dark Fate (Paramount) and Janet from The Good Place (NBC). Images adapted from The Verge (Terminator) and TV Tropes (Janet). In pop culture, advanced technology (whether humanoid or not) is often cold and mechanical or downright threatening. One of the most famously-fr