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by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2018 | General News, Health
Many seniors live in dread of falls. If you fall and break your hip, as my Mother did as we were leaving a restaurant in early February a few years back, you might not get home for months. My Mom didn’t go home until the end of May. As we wrote in June this...
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by Bruce Brown | December 20, 2017 | General News, Health
Dehydration is over-rated. There was no scientific basis when the U.S Health and Nutrition Board’s 1945 recommended that adults drink 84.5 ounces a day, which most people referred to then as now as “eight glasses a day.” According to the University...
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by Bruce Brown | January 28, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The range of sensors used in Health Tech continues to broaden in the rapidly expanding Internet of Things. We already know measuring various elements in blood and reading electrical waves can tell a lot about individual health, but while still vital, those are old...
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by Alfred Poor | January 20, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
According to Gallup, 45% of people in the U.S. are concerned about their weight. One of the most commonly-used tools in the Battle of the Bulge is the lowly bathroom weight scale. The problem with these devices is that your weight can fluctuate a lot from one day to...
by Alfred Poor | January 11, 2016 | General News, Health
Millions of people worldwide suffer from nausea for a variety of reasons. One common cause is motion sickness, which can strike sufferers when they are riding on a boat, in an airplane, or even in the family car. Some skiers even are susceptible to motion sickness....
