Healthy Living Near Green Spaces (10-19-09)
Dutch researchers have completed a research project that supports the findings of an assortment of other studies, all indicating that there are advantages to living near green spaces.
Dutch researchers have completed a research project that supports the findings of an assortment of other studies, all indicating that there are advantages to living near green spaces.
Deborah Burnett, writing on the Healthcare Design blog, encourages other healthcare designers to include sound systems in all of the environments they develop because research evidence now very clearly indicates the value of having patients listen to music.
What difference can a photo of a loved-one make?
Notebook computers give users lots of flexibility to decide how they want to sit (or not sit), maybe too much flexibility.
It’s the stuff of horror movies but in real life – flickering lights on television screens or elsewhere that induce epileptic seizures.
Research by Raymond and O’Brien provides additional evidence that distraction (which can often be influenced through design) has serious implications.
Music in cardiac care environments is a hit.
Huge numbers of people are overweight – designers who help daylight flood into interior spaces can help them slim down.
In the May issue of Healthcare Design, Philips Healthcare reports on the activities of its Ambient Experience team.
Researchers at the University of Toronto are studying the influence of the ambient environments in maternity labor rooms on the birthing experience.