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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 Alfred Poor | July 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Patients with chronic lung disease often have difficulty clearing their airways. Secretions build up in the smaller passages, reducing lung effectiveness. Under normal conditions, a person can cough to dislodge this material, but many patients lack the strength or...
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...
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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...
by Alfred Poor | June 29, 2016 | General News, Medical
As wearable and mobile health tech devices become more accurate and more affordable, a whole new world of affordable healthcare opens up. Through “telemedicine” operations, patients don’t have to spend time traveling to a doctor’s office or...
by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2016 | General News, Health
Many — if not most — people were surprised by the U.K. vote to exit the European Union, a moved commonly referred to as the “Brexit.” When the 52-48 result of the vote was announced, the shock and concern crossed international borders, not just...
