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by Alfred Poor | May 20, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Consider hair. It keeps our heads warm (though this is less effective for some of us who are follicly-challenged). It can reduce friction between surfaces. But hairs do much more than that. They keep us from falling over, due to the tiny cilia in the inner ear that...
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by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2016 | General News, Medical
There are tons of reasons for remote medical diagnostics, and they’re not limited the difficulties of providing care in developing countries. While the need for care in developing areas is often acute, in other parts of the world remote diagnostics can be a...
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by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2016 | General News, Health
The importance of getting a good night’s sleep for human health and happiness is stressed by both academia and the popular press. For some of us, however, sleep can be elusive. Noise — both familiar and unfamiliar — is a common sleep-robbing culprit....
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by Alfred Poor | January 12, 2016 | General News, Health
Last year at CES, I saw the LiNX connected hearing aids from ReSound. This year, they were back with their latest model, the LiNX2, which boasts a range of new features designed to help those with hearing loss engage with the sounds of their world more effectively....
by Alfred Poor | November 18, 2015 | General News, Medical
Minimally invasive surgical procedures have made it possible for doctors to access and repair parts of the body that were unreachable under older conditions. Still, the tools for these operations continue to evolve and improve to solve additional problems. For...
