[Originally posted on the Huffington Post.] This is the 13th in a series of 14 posts expanding on Salzman’s forecasts for 2013 in her annual trends report, a program of global communications group Havas Worldwide. This year’s book, What’s Next? What to Expect in 2013, was published on 12/12/12 and is available at 120MBooks.com. Salzman [...]
Jan 22, 2013 | Categories:Features, Health and Wellness, Technology, Trends | Tags: addiction, adrenal fatigue, always on, choice, chronic fatigue syndrome, citizens, compassion fatigue, conscience fatigue, decision fatigue, disaster, donor fatigue, ego fatigue, fatigue, green, green fatigue, hyperconnectivity, Internet, nonprofits, organic, stress, Technology, Trends, trendspotter, trendspotting, What's Next?, willpower, words | Leave A Comment »
In the U.S., teens’ abuse of prescription pain medication has grown—one in eight has misused painkillers, which are now responsible for more deaths than cocaine and heroin combined. Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s supply of pain meds, while across the pond an estimated 1.5 million Brits are addicted to prescription drugs. The issue [...]
Jun 15, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends, Youth | Tags: addiction, addiction trends, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, child deaths by poisoning, medical trends, opioid overdose, pain pills, painkillers, pharmaceutical trends, poison, prescription drugs, prescription pills | Leave A Comment »
If we’re living in the age of paranoia, women are being especially affected—the result, perhaps, of stress, PMS and lack of sleep. Sadly, children are being affected, too. But things aren’t terribly rosy on the other end of the age spectrum, either: Among older adults, depression and anxiety are the primary reasons that from 2002 [...]
May 14, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends, Youth | Tags: addiction, agoraphobia, antidepressants, anxiety, Canada, children anxiety, consumerism, depression, elderly depression, happiness, hoarding, IQ scores, marketing trends, medicine trends, mood, panic attacks, paranoia, psychology, psychology trends, research, social phobia | Leave A Comment »
The brains of teens who play video games for nine hours a week or more contain more gray matter at the core, says a new European study. The portion of the brain being examined has been connected with addiction in prior research, as it affects the interplay of emotions and behavior, but this was the [...]
Dec 01, 2011 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Technology, Youth | Tags: addiction, Berlin, brain, cultural trends, gamers, mental health, psychiatry, psychology, science, smartphones, Technology, the mind, video gamers | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on the Holmes Report. When watching “Mad Men,” it’s hard not to revel in the decadent splendor of indulgence, of three-martini lunches and an endless stream of smoke rings. At the same time, it’s hard to relate to the idea of smoking in an airplane or even a house, or lighting up after [...]
Jun 17, 2011 | Categories:Features, Health and Wellness, Technology, Trends | Tags: addiction, Apple, brain cancer, brain health, cell phones, cigarettes, digital, Mad Men, millennials, Motorola, Nielsen, Nokia, telecom, texting, The Holmes Report, Truth, tweeting, Twitter, work-life balance, World Health Organization | Leave A Comment »
