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by Bruce Brown | July 23, 2020 | Health
Last year at this time, no one expected most people in the U.S. would be required, expected, or even asked to wear air filtration masks in public areas. The COVID-19 pandemic happened, however, and health experts are nearly unanimous in their support for masks as one...
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by Amantha May | July 6, 2020 | Health
In March, as COVID-19 cases in the United States began to escalate, the Centers for Disease Control and other public health officials encouraged people to avoid touching your face as this could help protect you from the disease. Responding to those guidelines, the...
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by Amantha May | June 26, 2020 | Health
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain hospital resources and overwhelm healthcare workers who risk contracting the coronavirus while caring for patients who have the disease. OhmniLabs is stepping up to increase the availability of its signature telepresence robot...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Energy-harvesting electronic surgical implants answer one of the most important questions in medical technology development: how will the device get power? Possibilities for product design and placement in the body expand significantly if you don’t have to allow...
by Bruce Brown | June 11, 2020 | Health
Neurostimulation reduces pain by interfering with electrical signals to the brain’s pain centers from the area of the body where the pain originates. I’m an unabashed fan of neurostim. My surgeon sent my home with a transcutaneous electrical nerve...
