by Alfred Poor | September 6, 2016 | Health, Medical
As our population ages, our society faces the challenges of how to support and care for our older citizens. For many good reasons — not the least of which are saving on healthcare and other costs — seniors want to live independently in their own homes as...
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by Bruce Brown | August 23, 2016 | General News, Health
Passive wearable health tech to sense, measure, monitor, and store data may be useful in addressing anxiety problems. Researchers at the Lancaster University’s School of Computing and Communications, however, took a new approach. Rather than use a device...
by Bruce Brown | August 18, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Traditional imaging technologies require the subject to lie as still as possible. The payoff is in the form of highly detailed images of the inner structures of whatever is scanned. Unfortunately, this means that it is not possible to scan body parts while the person...
by Bruce Brown | June 6, 2016 | General News, Health
According to Awake Labs, one out of 68 people in the U.S. have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASF). It’s referred to as a spectrum because of the wide range of symptoms and severity. One factor people with ASD have in common, however, is trouble coping with anxiety....
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by Bruce Brown | April 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Apple has taken a big step with two healthcare developmental platforms. The first platform, ResearchKit, has been used by doctors and researchers to create smartphone apps to gather data to better understand health and disease processes. Now they’re launching...
