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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

The main differentiator is that while consumer fitness trackers can assist individuals in keeping in peak physical condition, medical wearables have the ability to detect life threatening diseases, provide pain relief, manage chronic illnesses, and collect a variety of biometric data. Image: Pixabay. Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

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In Praise of Extreme Moderation

Harvard Business

They take up a sport to find some balance in their lives — and get caught up becoming marathoners. Young Millennials, driven to distraction and depression by nonstop, constantly comparative online benchmarking, can’t unglue from phones-as-performance-measuring-devices. Go to bed late at your peril.

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If You Say Something Is “Likely,” How Likely Do People Think It Is?

Harvard Business

This result offers a warning to avoid culturally biased phrases in general and sports metaphors in particular when you’re trying to be clear. In this way, using an objective benchmark helps pinpoint your subjective probability. (To

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