Tag Archives: Health
Future – Apollo in 50 numbers: Medicine and health – BBC News
24: Number of decongestant tablets taken by the Apollo 7 crew Launched on 11 October 1968, Apollo 7 was the first manned test of the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit. After the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew in a fire, the command module had been completely redesigned. There was a lot resting on this… Read More »
How to Explain Your Mental Illness and Share Your Mental Health Story
— I posed a couple questions recently to my Twitter followers: If I were to write a how-to guide for mental health, what would you most want to read? What is the number one problem you need help with? I got a variety of responses, and the response volume blew me away. It speaks to… Read More »
Big Health wants you to cure your insomnia with its app, then delete it — some investors hate that
Peter Hames Big Health CEO Peter Hames wants people to use his app to treat their insomnia — and then delete it for good. His app, Sleepio, essentially works by leveraging an approach known as cognitive behavioral therapy, which aims to give users the tools to manage their own thought patterns differently and overcome their anxieties.… Read More »