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by Alfred Poor | May 17, 2016 | General News, Medical
The road to recovery for stroke victims or patients who have suffered some other sort of brain injury can be long and arduous. Therapy requires repetition and practice to help patients learn again how to speak or perform other cognitive functions. And it would seem...
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by Bruce Brown | May 6, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Dementia is a general term for a group of diseases that affect millions of people. Overall brain deterioration and loss of memory are the major signs of dementia, but it can be further categorized into specific diseases, the most common and well-known of which is...
by Alfred Poor | May 4, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of my recurring themes on Health Tech Insider is that wearable technology will have to “disappear” into our daily lives in order to become truly effective. One key development is “functional textiles”: cloth that can perform useful tasks in...
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by Bruce Brown | April 28, 2016 | General News, Health
Almost 1 in 10 babies are born premature, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Because premature babies often do not have fully developed organs, many difficulties can arise, including breathing problems, feeding difficulties, cerebral palsy,...
by Bruce Brown | April 22, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Paralyzed people and Parkinson’s disease patients can regain some control of their limbs and symptoms with neural implants. The problem is that with traditional implant hookups, wires from the implant run through the skull and connect with an external computer. Not...
