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by Bruce Brown | June 6, 2018 | General News, Health
It can be difficult to accept some of the claims as fitness and activity trackers morph into multifunction biometric-tracking smartwatches that promise to be all things to all users. While the smartwatches intrigue potential buyers, their doctors may not be interested...
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by Bruce Brown | June 5, 2018 | General News, Health
Concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) accounted for 6.5% of reported sports and recreation-related injuries in a nine-year longitudinal study published in 2011 by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). Among males ages 10-19, football...
by Bruce Brown | June 4, 2018 | General News, Health
Hypertension, aka high blood pressure, is an increasingly common condition affecting one of two U.S. adults — often without symptoms — according to the American Heart Association (AHA). Hypertension increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two of...
by Bruce Brown | June 1, 2018 | General News, Medical
Patients with neuromuscular diseases often can’t clear their airways adequately because they have difficulty coughing. According to a 2016 study by the Rehabilitation Institute of Neuromuscular Disease at Yonsei University College of Medicine, cough impairment...
by Bruce Brown | May 31, 2018 | General News, Medical
Teledermatology is telemedicine’s poster child, reducing traditionally long wait times for dermatologist appointments. In 2015, the CDC reported the rate of deadly melanomas more than doubled in three decades. Heightened skin cancer awareness sent people to...
by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
So how’s your sleep health? That increasingly common question stems from rising awareness of the extent of sleep disorders. This contributes to the development and marketing of new sleep improvement wearables says the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)....
