by Kimberly Houston | November 1, 2017 | General News, Medical
It’s an unfortunate truth that many of us know someone with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This is no surprise since AD is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5 million individuals in the U.S. This number is expected to triple by 2050, according to the...
by Alfred Poor | March 9, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
A picture is worth a thousand words. It’s no wonder why medical imaging is so important, because we can gather so much more information in much less time if we can look at a picture rather than a written description. Imaging technology is an important part of...
by Alfred Poor | October 14, 2016 | General News, Medical
As many as 100,000 people in the U.S. suffer from migraine headaches every day, and the pain can be so debilitating that they are unable to perform their normal daily activities. This leads to more than 150 million lost workdays and productivity losses in the tens of...
by Alfred Poor | October 13, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
“Horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow.” This holdover from the Victorian era may be guilty of splitting hairs at the expense of science, but the fact remains that the natural secretions of human skin are much more than just salt water. They are a...
by Bruce Brown | May 13, 2016 | General News, Medical
Not everyone who has an irregular heartbeat is at risk for sudden cardiac death. And not everyone who has a heart attack is likely to develop arrhythmia. Acting on the side of caution however, cardiologists often implant small defibrillators in heart attack patients...