by Bruce Brown | February 4, 2016 | General News, Health
Breathing is pretty important; the alternative doesn’t bode well for anyone. But the life-enabling process of breathing can also have a healing or calming role. Two fairly common conditions that many of us have at times are hyperventilation and minor panic...
by Bruce Brown | January 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
Perhaps you’ve read that dogs can be trained to detect cancer. Various tumors produce specific alkalines and smelly compounds that dogs — with their ability to discriminate odors as discrete as possibly parts per trillion — can detect the cancer from...
by Alfred Poor | January 21, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
Part of modern living, especially in urban areas, is the decreased air quality. This can impact our daily lives in different ways. Infants and the elderly are more susceptible to the ill effects of air pollution than adults. Those who exert themselves physically...
by Bruce Brown | January 20, 2016 | General News, Health
Have you been to the ER lately? Or gone for a physical or checkup where someone said, “Let’s get you hooked up”? I was in the ER for a minor incident recently (it turned out to be no big deal, but all were concerned) and because I was uncomfortable...
by Alfred Poor | January 18, 2016 | General News, Health
We’ve covered a variety of electronic thermometers (including this one from Visiomed) in the past, but they keep on coming. These devices are convenient and quick to use and are getting smarter and more accurate, while remaining affordable. At CES 2016, I saw a...