Measuring depression with wearables#stress Big brother or mental health advancement? Stanford medicine is currently studying how to quantify stress, anxiety and depression. It's true that mental health diseases are notoriously hard to objectively test for. Imagine an MD diagnosing your heart disease based on how you "feel". For most diseases we … [Read more...]

Stress wearables: best devices that monitor stress and how they work - Wareable#stress High tech stress monitoring? Yes, it's a new big business push that started in 2022. Fit Bit, Garmin, Apple and Google are all in to try and help you identify stress in real time. "Stress detection and coping techniques are already prevalent on wearables, and … [Read more...]

#stress Is it illness or stress? Are you feeling like you are "constantly" sick? Frequent headaches, gut and bowel issues? Stress can manifest in different ways. Do you choose to meditate/pray/breathe 3 -5 mins per day? 20-30 mins a day? Sometimes, the slowing down might be the very thing that allows our bodies to combat daily stresses and heal … [Read more...]

#stress Its the weekend!! In my pre-child days TGIF meant something. Weekends were for kicking back, no stress, no worries. What does it mean for you now? Are your weekends time to de-stress and enjoy or are you still running from activity to activity and find yourself "wanting" to go back to work on Monday? Are you more rested at the end of the … [Read more...]

#stress So, the good news is the ER stress is now being heavily studied and may provide incredible treatment options in 10 years. The bad news is, right now there's not much "treatment of" or "management of" ER stress. "Moreover, although relieving ER stress may be beneficial in certain diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and … [Read more...]