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Beauty and Health: Does Tech Make Us Look Good but Feel Bad?
I started the company AdaRose to help women achieve better health for themselves and their families with less hassle and more joy by...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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The Possibilities of Beauty Tech: Virtual Makeup, Skincare & More
What is Beauty Tech, and how does it relate to health? Learn about virtual skin care, virtual make up, and explore the psychology of...
Lauren Creech
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Technology and Mental Health During COVID
During the COVID pandemic mental health problems and technology use are both unusually high. Does that mean technology is bad for us? Not...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Virtual Healthcare: Options Every Patient Should Know About
Managing your health and healthcare can be hard. Who doesn’t want to minimize the hassle? The good news is, technology can help. Today...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Making Healthcare More Human with Human Centered Design
You know that feeling when you rearrange your life to set up a doctor’s appointment, rush to arrive on time, and then end up sitting in...
Lygeia Ricciardi
5 min read
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Where are You on Your Patient Engagement Journey?
I just shared my patient engagement journey and would love to hear yours. Patient engagement is key in my professional and personal lives.
Lygeia Ricciardi
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What is digital health, and why should you care? (Part 2 of 2)
This post is the second half of an introductory Digital Health 101 for consumers, patients, and care partners. Part 1 explains what...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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What is digital health, and why should you care? (Part 1 of 2)
This post is an introduction to digital health for consumers and patients. It's Digital Health 101 in two parts. This first part explains...
Lygeia Ricciardi
4 min read
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Use a Skin Scan App to Check that Spot
As a Mom and the “Chief Health Officer'' for my family, one of the hardest tasks is triage: figuring out when to see a doctor, merely...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Sustainable Eating: A Healthy Diet for You and the Planet
Did you know that there’s a big variety of health apps and online tools to help you eat in a way that is healthier and more sustainable...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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A Smart Doorbell Could Be a Smart Investment
Knock knock. Who’s there? If you had a smart video doorbell, you’d already know. Even if you were out of town. About 16% of Americans...
Lygeia Ricciardi
3 min read
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Keep Houseplants Thriving with a Virtual Plant Doctor
Have you ever killed a plant and felt really bad about it? Years ago (before smartphones!) my uncle Paul gave me a small Juniper bonsai...
Lygeia Ricciardi
1 min read
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Is a Smart Trash Can Smart for You?
The @GeniCan is a smart scanner that reads your trash via a sensor hooked onto your trash can that reads barcodes and prompts you to...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Design Your Home Virtually
Have you ever wondered what that couch in the store would look like in your house? What if you turned it at an angle, or added some art...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Host a Virtual Workout Birthday Party!
This morning I Zoomed into a workout class with several friends I went to high school with who now live in cities across the country. We...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Track & Preserve Nature with Your Phone
For 25 years Journey North has been using “citizen science” to understand, preserve, and protect nature, especially migratory species....
Lygeia Ricciardi
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How about a “Magical Sleep Machine” for Your Baby?
One of my baby girls just caught up to my height, yet I remember the exhaustion of having a newborn like yesterday. As a new mom, your...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Your Mask Doesn’t Have to Hide Your Smile
Finally it feels like the end of the pandemic is within sight! Three separate vaccines are being rolled out in the US, and spring is in...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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What Does Happiness Smell Like to You?
Aromatherapy uses natural plant extracts to improve the health and wellbeing of your body and mind, including your mood. Air fresheners...
Lygeia Ricciardi
2 min read
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Medication Reminders Go Digital
Half of Americans have taken a prescription drug in the last 30 days--including 70% of people over age 40. Most seniors and people with...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Get Your Family Vaccinated Against COVID-19
As of today, nearly 8% of the American public is fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, meaning they have received two doses of a vaccine....
Lygeia Ricciardi
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High Tech Ways to Grow Healthy with Plants
Houseplants are healthy. Research shows they can help people recover faster from surgery and use fewer medications, improve indoor air...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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Make Family Care Easier with Telehealth
Back in the day (just a year ago!) if you had a medical concern for yourself or a family member, you had to make an appointment and take...
Lygeia Ricciardi
2 min read
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What's Your Perception of Technology?
Pictured above are the Terminator from Terminator: Dark Fate (Paramount) and Janet from The Good Place (NBC). Images adapted from The...
Lygeia Ricciardi
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