by Bruce Brown | April 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Humans hear sound in relatively narrow dynamic (loudness) and frequency ranges, especially compared to other species. Cats and beluga whales hear sounds with wider loudness ranges and at much higher frequencies than humans. We’ve written about digital hearing...
by Bruce Brown | April 2, 2018 | General News, Health
Are you reading this article in the middle of the night because you can’t sleep? If that’s the case, you are not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one-third of American adults report they don’t get enough...
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by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
How long does it take to make a good impression? According to new research from the University of Toronto at Scarborough, the correct answer is about 170 milliseconds or 0.17 seconds. Neuroscientists in Assistant Professor Adrian Nestor’s laboratory at...
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by Bruce Brown | March 29, 2018 | General News, Health
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network reported good news last year: the 5-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with the disease increased from 6% to 9%. Because pancreatic cancer is asymptomatic in early stages, most cases metastasize before diagnosis. In the same...
by Bruce Brown | March 28, 2018 | General News, Health
AliveCor’s KardiaBand scored twice in recent clinical studies. It’s uncommon for us to cover the same product twice in the same year, let alone the same calendar quarter. Here’s one of those exceptions that prove the rule. We wrote about the afib...
