Task Management for Families with ADHD Kids

by Bruce Brown | March 16, 2017 | General News, Health

The statistics regarding the percent of children in the U.S. with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have changed over time. Part of the difference is due to measurement methods. While the American Psychiatric Association state in the Diagnostic and Statistical...

GPS Data Tracks Social Anxiety and Depression

by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2017 | General News, Health

Depression among college students is a growing problem that affects about one-third of the college population, according to the American Psychological Association. The Mayo Clinic reports that while many types of people suffer from depression, college students face a...

UK Study Correlates Device Screen Time with Diabetes

by Bruce Brown | March 14, 2017 | General News, Health

Does it matter if children spend a lot of time watching television and looking at electronic device screens? The American Academy of Pediatrics says children in the U.S spend an average of seven hours a day on entertainment media, including televisions, computers,...

Tablet-based Accessible Hearing Check for Children [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 13, 2017 | General News, Health

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 360 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss, of which 32 million are children. WHO further states that 60% of childhood hearing loss is due to preventable causes. A child’s hearing typically...

UV Sensor Warns to Prevent Lupus Flares [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 10, 2017 | General News, Health

Too much ultraviolet light exposure can be a problem for anyone. We’ve previously written about wearable UV-detecting wearables, including a study by University of Southern California research on the subject and MyUV, a wearable under development by LaRoche...

Edible Robots Could Use Gelatin

by Alfred Poor | March 10, 2017 | General News, Medical

As the old advertising campaign used to say, “There’s always room for Jello.” Who knew that this slogan could have been predicting the future of surgery and other medical procedures? Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in...