by Amantha May | August 21, 2020 | General News, Medical
During the Ebola crisis that began in 2014, doctors in the United States relied on a small wireless digital stethoscope for auscultation (i.e., listening to internal sounds of the body). The stethoscope, known as Thinklabs One, allowed them to auscultate safely while...
by Bruce Brown | August 20, 2020 | Medical
Physicians will diagnose more than 100,000 new melanomas among people in the U.S. this year, and about nearly 7,000 people will die from malignant skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. We’ve written several times about the role artificial...
by Amantha May | August 19, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical
Technology use has increased for many adults in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and seniors are no exception. Seniors still aren’t the highest demographic when it comes to being technological savvy. However, a recent survey by Healthinsurance.com...
by Amantha May | August 17, 2020 | General News, Medical
A wearable monitoring system that helps reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 in hospitals and care facilities is now available in the United States. The system, designed specifically for the COVID-19 crisis by VivaLNK, has been used successfully in 15 hospitals in...
by Bruce Brown | August 7, 2020 | Medical
Uncertainty and worry about concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a one-two punch; the injury might not get to you, but the stress can wear you down. Professional athletes and their families and parents of student-athletes in particular often face...
by Amantha May | August 7, 2020 | General News, Medical
By 2030, one in five United States residents will be retirement age, meaning that age-related illness will increasingly account for substantial healthcare costs. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the number one cause of severe, permanent vision loss in people...