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by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2018 | General News, Medical
Researchers and scientists worldwide tackle Alzheimer’s Disease’s high threat status for aging adults. The gradually debilitating disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.; it kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined....
by Alfred Poor | February 8, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
3,900 exhibitors. 2.75 million feet of exhibit space. It should come as little surprise that I covered more than 89,000 steps at CES 2018. This annual conference in Las Vegas has become the primary show for wearable and mobile devices for health and medical...
by Kimberly Houston | February 7, 2018 | General News, Medical
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 100 million adults in the U.S. are now living with diabetes or prediabetes. With a health problem this enormous, improvements in treatment are of critical importance. Insulin therapy is one...
by Kimberly Houston | February 6, 2018 | General News, Medical
Home doctor visits are taking on a new meaning in the 21st century. Instead of a doctor on your doorstep, the doctor will see you through a video chat on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Medical care carried out using an Internet connection is commonly called...
by Kimberly Houston | February 1, 2018 | General News, Medical
A hospital stay usually involves being attached to a host of medical devices. But how useful is all that data, really? The FDA recently approved a new method of analyzing data to reduce preventable hospital deaths, which are estimated to number 400,000 yearly in the...
by Bruce Brown | January 31, 2018 | General News, Medical
Business or seed accelerators weren’t even a thing until 2005. That was the year Y Combinator started in Cambridge, Massachusetts, followed by TechStars in 2007. The seed accelerator movement soon exploded worldwide. Accelerator programs typically last three...
