by Bruce Brown | March 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
There are no big winners in the annual influenza lottery. The best possible outcome requires three correct matches. Researchers must accurately predict the strains that will appear in the next year’s flu. Correct vaccine formulations must be ready in time in...
by Alfred Poor | March 9, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Put your finger here and hold it steady while we scan for biometric data on 100 different health conditions. Science fiction? Today it is, but it may not be for long. Not if a group of researchers at five major universities have their way. Researchers at Rice...
by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2018 | General News, Medical
Lacking major changes, the ongoing U.S. healthcare crisis will continue. A lack of trained medical and clinical professionals, increased demand due to chronic diseases in the U.S., and our rapidly aging population worsen any chance of slowing the rise of healthcare...
by Alfred Poor | March 8, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
In order for wearable devices to “disappear” into our daily lives, they must be flexible and conform to normal body movements. Standard metal wires are excellent at conducting electricity; while they typically are flexible to some degree, they tend to be...
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2018 | General News, Health
New parents often stress over their baby’s breathing and heartbeat. The stress eases in a few weeks or months for most parents, but the concern lingers, often for the first year or two. We’ve written about a variety of new baby monitoring tech,...
by Alfred Poor | March 7, 2018 | General News, Medical
We live in a remarkable time in which technology is advancing so rapidly that we cannot foresee all the implications of new devices as they appear. Who could have imagined that personal computers would lead to the “mining” of digital currency? Or that...
