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Eatingvegetables provides incredible health benefits. People who eat more vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Vegetables provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body. Here are the most important health benefits of vegetables – and there are many!       1.       Prevent Cancer Cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli have very high amounts of indoles and isothiocyanates. These components have protective properties against colon cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer, etc. Broccoli sprouts have higher sulforaphane than the matured broccolis, which is a cancer-protective substance. Moreover, since vegetables are great antioxidants, they also alleviate the chances of fatal diseases like cancer.       2.       Veggies are a Dieter’s Best Friend Vegetable...

Sleep problems are prevalent in infants, children, and adolescents. Approximately 25% of children experience difficulties with some aspect of sleep.Moreover, 27% of children are sleeping less than the recommended amount for their age. Although the prevalence of sleep disorders is high, it is crucial to note that rates vary greatly depending on the specific sleep disorder. For instance, behavioral insomnia, the most common sleep disorder, has a very high prevalence rate (20%–30%), whereas the prevalence rates are much lower for disorders such as sleep apnea,sleep related movement disorder, and parasomnias such as night terrors. What is Behavioral insomnia in Children (BIC)? Behavioralinsomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders found in children. It is estimated that approximately 25% of children will experience it at some point in their childhood. Behavioral insomnia is characterized by difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep leading to poor sleep quali...

Economic sustainability and digital disruption are pretty popular topics as of late. Healthcare spending is on an unsustainable path, thanks to demographic shifts and globalization. But just as health systems need to contain costs, digital health has emerged to enable approaches that are significantly more cost-effective. Developing sustainable approaches will require varied skills, from app development and analytics to customer engagement – attracting entrants from sectors such as technology, telecommunications, and retail. This creates opportunities for cross-sector partnering, but also raises the specter of disruption for mature health care incumbents. Here are some of the healthcare trends that will rule not only this year, but many more years to come!        1.       Fee paying healthcare is likely to increase There has been a greater demand on health systems created by ageing, obesity and disease. The rise of new health...

Although most appointments scheduled in the healthcare industry today are conducted over the phone, majority of the patients will go online first to search for healthcare information they want before visiting their doctors. Patients will use online sources when looking for health information such as signs and symptoms of a disease, the treatment options for their illnesses, and the best hospitals or healthcare providers. According to a recent study, patients, especially the younger generation are more likely to book their appointments online, base their trust on online reviews, and highly value doctors with self-service appointment management. The fact is that today’s social and search trends are a clear indication of the growing role of digital connectivity in healthcare. Mobile, social, and search has a profound impact on how health consumers find their doctors online, search for disease symptoms, search and evaluate treatment options and also look for alternative and holisti...

In the patient and people-centric world of healthcare, people’s understanding of how machine learning and business intelligence can improve patient care and save valuable time and resources is only just starting to be uncovered. The idea that machines can learn about their patients and help them is becoming more widely accepted across the medical field. Sometimes, it may seem strange to talk about “business intelligence” in a sector devoted to helping people get better and stay well. That is only until we realize that BI concepts like descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, all which sound like the medical terms, can actually be applied to healthcare in life-saving ways. Applied Machine Learning in Healthcare Machinelearning in medicine has been making headlines lately. Google has developed a machine learning algorithmto help identify cancerous tumors on mammograms. On top of that, Stanford is using a deep learning al...

Glaucoma can be defined as a group of disorders that lead to progressive optic nerve damage which later cause loss of nerve tissue resulting to vision loss. Glaucoma is often linked to increased internal eye pressure (ocular hypertension). If glaucoma goes untreated, or uncontrolled, it first causes peripheral vision loss and later can cause full blindness. Glaucoma Stats and Facts       ·          Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness across the world. Glaucoma can cause blindness if it is left untreated. However, about 10% of glaucoma patients who receive proper treatment still lose their vision.       ·          Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness (behind cataracts) across the globe.       ·          Glaucoma has no cure and once vision is lost it cannot be regained. Wi...