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by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2018 | General News, Health
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is on the rise in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). Previously thought to affect 1.3 million Americans 18 and older, a 2016 CDC study found IBD affects approximately...
by Alfred Poor | June 28, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
I own a classic Timex watch. It cost me less than $30, and it runs for a few years on a single, inexpensive, coin cell battery. The most difficult aspect of living with this watch is finding someone to change the battery for me when it runs down. This watch tells the...
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by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2018 | General News, Medical
Of all the wearables for health and medical applications, exoskeletons may be the most exciting and the most visible. Researchers explore robotic exoskeletons to alleviate physical workload, to substitute for impaired or nonfunctional human limbs, and to assist with...
by Alfred Poor | June 27, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
If there was a disease that killed nearly 30,000 deaths in 2016, that might get your attention. If this cause of death has increased by about 3% a year since 2007, you might wonder how that could be. Aren’t we supposed to be getting better outcomes from modern...
by Bruce Brown | June 26, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
In response to the magnitude of workplace dangers and health threats, in 1970 the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) spun off NIOSH: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH conducts research and recommends ways to prevent...
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by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2018 | General News, Health
Alert wearables such as pendants, helmet sensors, and smartphone apps have proliferated with developments in wireless connectivity, longer battery life, and ubiquitous mobile devices. We have written about special purpose alerts for wet diapers, citizen cardiac arrest...
