by Alfred Poor | April 18, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
One of my favorite (if apocryphal) quotes is the answer that the notorious bank robber Willy Sutton gave when asked why he robbed banks: “Because that’s where the money is!” If you want to look for the growth in any industry, whether it’s...
by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2016 | General News, Health
As the illustration above from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car crashes take an enormous toll in this country each year. More than 37,000 people die each year from car crashes, with another 2.3 million suffering injuries. By any measure, this...
by Bruce Brown | January 14, 2016 | General News, Health
Back injuries are painful, common, and costly. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than one million workplace back injuries a year, making them the #1 workplace safety problem. Three out of four back injuries...
by Alfred Poor | January 5, 2016 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
Full Disclosure: I did not write this today, or even yesterday. I wrote this last weekend because yesterday I spent the day traveling and today I started drinking from a fire hose for the rest of this week. I’m at CES 2016, the largest consumer electronics...
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...
