by Alfred Poor | January 4, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
When you see the term “multi-national corporation,” you probably just think “very big company.” But many of these companies are actually doing important work all around the world. For example, consider IBM Research in Haifa, Israel. Part of IBM...
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by Alfred Poor | December 31, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
Digital communications in the form of the Internet, cell phones, and wireless data access have transformed the way people communicate around the world. The impact is not just limited to interpersonal communications, however. 15 years ago, who would have guessed that...
by Alfred Poor | December 16, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
One of the hot topics these days is “aging in place;” as a major portion of the U.S. population (and in other countries as well) gets older, it becomes a challenge for many of these seniors to continue to live safely and independently in their own homes....
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by Alfred Poor | December 8, 2015 | General News, Health
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of elderly in our population will experience “considerable growth” as Baby Boomers born in the 1940s and 1950s get older. They will also live longer than the generations that came before. The number of people...
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by Alfred Poor | November 30, 2015 | General News, Medical
When a patient is in a hospital, the nursing staff and other healthcare professionals monitor their vital signs for indications of changes in their health. Patients in Intensive Care settings get around-the-clock monitoring, but for the average patient, vital signs...
