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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Telehealth Expected To Grow By Leaps And Bounds

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – The Doctor is In . . . or should I say, “online.” If your computer has a webcam, your doctor is ready to see you. “A new report from InMedica forecasts exceptional growth in the number of telehealth subscribers over the next decade [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Gadgets To Help Seniors

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Gadgets To Help Seniors – Excellent piece by Jim Miller the author of “The Savvy Senior” on tools to help the mature market with joint and vision issues. Worth sharing, so that your friends and family can continue to get the most out [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Will the average human will soon live to be 150+ years old?

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Will we soon live forever? – By now, you probably have heard of researcher Aubrey de Grey. Some call Mr. de Grey a huckster, others call him a visionary. Regardless of what you call him, he is certainly thought provoking. In this TED [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Call For Mature Market Experts Advisory Board Nominations

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Mature Market Advisory Board Members – To move Mature Market Experts to the next level, we are calling for nominations in the following areas: 1. Technology 2. Government 3. Health Care 4. Fitness 5. Travel 6. Lifestyle 7. Finances One-year term responsibilities will [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem Of The Day: Boomers and the Wii Fit

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Boomers and the Wii Fit – My wife and I just got a “Nintendo Wii for the kids.” According to the Wii’s virtual fitness trainers on the Wii Fit game, the first time I stepped on the Wii pad, I was 15 years [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem Of The Day: The Siren Call Of The Vitality Calculator

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Vitality Calculator – I’m fascinated by the “vitality calculators” popping up on all the mature market sites. From a marketing perspective, it makes absolute sense to try to engage your site visitors. People want to be reassured that they will live forever. That [...]

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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Electronic Tracking and Care Coordination Tools Save Lives

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Electronic Tracking and Care Coordination Tools Save Lives – As I have often posted before, I think technology is key to bridging the shortage of healthcare workers needed to care for the world’s booming senior population. Recent research is beginning to show the [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: Hearing Aids Get Stylish For Baby Boomers

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Hearing Aids Get Stylish For Baby Boomers – This past October I lost most of my hearing in my right ear to a relatively rare condition called Sudden Sensory Neurological Hearing Loss, so I suddenly find myself in the market for a hearing [...]

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Mature Market Experts Gem of The Day: $20B For Healthcare Information Technology

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – $20B For Healthcare Information Technology – All politics are local, so the saying goes. So, it is worth noting that the amount of money being allocated in the new recovery and reinvestment law will affect all of us in some way on a [...]

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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Mature Market Women

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – Mature Market Women – According to research in Marti Barletta’s book, PrimeTime Women™ , 59% of mature market women, 50 to 70 years old, feel that their greatest achievements are still ahead of them. I couldn’t agree with her more. Let’s see, at [...]

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