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by Alfred Poor | September 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Digital electronics are made possible by the transistor, the integrated circuit, and the printed circuit board. They have revolutionized our lives in ways that we cannot even recognize. But they have one characteristic that is a major obstacle as we advance to...
by Alfred Poor | September 7, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Medical
More than 400 million people worldwide have diabetes, and the key to managing the disease and avoiding complications is the careful control of your body’s blood sugar levels. Until recently, patients had to rely on a finger prick to get a drop of blood that...
by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2017 | General News, Medical
Forward is an exceptionally well-funded San Francisco startup with a reported $100 million invested already. The company seeks to improve the conventional doctor-patient model by deploying mobile “pop-up” doctor’s offices to practice proactive and...
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by Bruce Brown | September 6, 2017 | General News, Medical
The chances of surviving a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer are horrible. The five-year survival rate is an abysmal 9%, according to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Even sadder is the news that 9% is viewed as relatively good news because it represents the third...
by Alfred Poor | September 6, 2017 | General News, Health
Digital sound processing such as beamforming have done wonders to improve hearing aids so that they can do more than just amplify sounds for the hearing impaired. But there are times when even these new technologies fall short. How is the device supposed to know which...
by Bruce Brown | September 5, 2017 | General News, Medical
Most adults past the age of 50 have, or should have had, one or more occasions to present their appropriately purged carcass for the magical mystery tour commonly known as a colonoscopy. Due to some marvels of my own body, I’ve had a bunch of colonoscopies, and...
