by Bruce Brown | July 5, 2016 | General News, Health
Forget counting steps. What if all you need to do to maintain a healthy weight was wear a wristband that counted how many bites you take in a day? While many people want to lose, maintain, or even gain weight, managing body weight is often an ongoing struggle....
by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2016 | General News, Medical
Rectal exams for men generally start at age 50 and then become an annual endurance. The exam is the first level of testing for prostate problems. The greatest concern is prostate cancer, although a benign enlarged prostate can cause urinary problems. Doctors, nurses,...
by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2016 | General News, Health
By definition, blind people have not been able to enjoy visual arts. If you can’t see it, how can you appreciate it? When blind people visit art museums or galleries, they most often have to rely on recorded audio guides or other people to describe the works....
by Bruce Brown | June 30, 2016 | General News, Health
We’ve written about standing desks before, including a high tech version that raised and lowered electronically and communicate with a FitBit. It turns out that Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health has a special interest in standing desks...
by Bruce Brown | June 29, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
There are probably sights, smells, and surfaces you’d rather not experience related to your own body. It turns out there are sounds that people would rather not hear as well. That point was made quite clear to research engineers at the Georgia Institute of...