by Bruce Brown | November 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Smartphone spectrometers that can detect cancer biomarkers exist, but previous versions have been inefficient and impractical for use in the field. According to researchers from the Washington State University School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, these...
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by Bruce Brown | October 31, 2016 | General News, Health
How much time should kids spend with digital media? Screens are everywhere: pervasive and attractive. Many parents adopt strict rules limiting or banning screen access with television, video games, tablets, and smartphones. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has...
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by Bruce Brown | October 28, 2016 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine acceptance and growth are just beginning to take hold as consumers learn about the technology and in some cases — such as teenagers seeking help managing diabetes — actually using the systems. Video consultations are certainly more personal...
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by Bruce Brown | October 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
If you’re going to have a heart attack, you might want to plant to have it in Seattle. Earlier this year we wrote about PulsePoint, a service that connects with local 911 emergency call networks to alert CPR-trained citizens nearby when someone has a sudden...
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by Bruce Brown | October 26, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
There’s growing interest in prostheses that simulate a sense of touch. With rare exceptions, prosthetic limbs are controlled to move as intended by the wearer but do not return any feedback through the sensation of touch. We recently wrote about brain...
