by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
Most people just want to get a good night’s sleep, but that’s not always easy. Snoring can disturb the slumber of both the individual who snores and anyone who shares the same sleeping space. The Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study found that nearly one in four...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2018 | General News, Medical
Artificial intelligence (AI) — specifically in the form of machine learning — plays an increasingly important role in medicine and healthcare. Machine learning is a type of AI in which the “learning” is derived from statistical analytics...
by Alfred Poor | June 15, 2018 | General News, Medical
According to the website Breastcancer.org, one in 12 women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. More than 40,000 women will die from the disease in the U.S. in 2018. The cost of treating breast cancer is expect to reach more than $20 billion a...
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by Bruce Brown | June 14, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
It’s still early days for responsive living environments. Amazon Alexa and other voice-activated personal assistants open the door for access to information, services, assistance, and extended independence for the elderly and disabled. People unable to use...
by Alfred Poor | June 14, 2018 | General News, Medical
According to the Centers for Disease Control, opioid overdoses resulted in more than 64,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2016. This national health crisis was the motivation behind the “Opioid Challenge” launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This...
by Bruce Brown | June 13, 2018 | General News, Health
Wearables that measure blood pressure without bulky upper arm cuffs and attached electronics are on the way. The devices will be a boon to people with irregular heartbeats and to others for whom continuous monitoring is more useful than occasional one-time readings....
