Your Money or Your Memory
If you are concerned about losing your memory you are not alone. There have been a couple of recent surveys that are quite striking. A…
Boomers May Not Be Early Adopters But They Spend The Most On Technology
Beth Snyder Bulik takes a look at the tech spending habits of various demographic groups for an article in Digital. In fact, spending on technology…
Social Networking Use Doubles for Boomers-Email Still Rules
While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010.
In-Home Telehealth Study Launched By Mayo Clinic, GE, Intel
During the year-long study 200 high-risk patients over the age of 60 with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure, lung disease, will use a medical monitoring device to take their vitals: blood pressure, weight, sugar levels and peak air flow. This information is collected in a central database at the Mayo Clinic where the patient's primary medical team will have secure web access. Clinicians will also be able to use the videoconferencing system to observe and communicate with their patients.
Who Is Using Health Information Technology?
According to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics survey 51% of adults aged 18-64 had used the Internet to look up health information during the past 12 months with women taking the lead.
Can X-Box, Computers and Cell Phones Improve Healthcare?
Microsoft thinks so and is looking for new ways to use technology to improve personal health care using X-Box, computers and cell phones.
Blogging Seniors Catching Up With Teens
Overall, the number of unique visitors who are 65 or older on social networking and blog sites has increased 53 percent in the last two years alone. 8.2% of all social network and blog visitors are over 65, just 0.1 percentage points less than the number of teenagers who frequent these sites.