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by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a major killer in the U.S., accounting for approximately 325,000 deaths per year, or nearly 1,000 a day. SCA is not the same as a heart attack, although SCA may result from a heart attack. When such a cardiac event occurs response time...
by Bruce Brown | January 27, 2016 | General News, Health
Health Tech is one of the leading areas of Internet of Things development. Most of the research takes place in private research and development labs, universities, or groups made up of both schools and commercial companies. Typically anyone not actively involved in...
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by Bruce Brown | January 26, 2016 | General News, Health
Not to stress money too heavily, but what do you think the U.S. could do with an extra $46 billion added to the annual budget? That’s the estimated overall cost of hypertension, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Approximately 1 in 3 American...
by Bruce Brown | January 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
Perhaps you’ve read that dogs can be trained to detect cancer. Various tumors produce specific alkalines and smelly compounds that dogs — with their ability to discriminate odors as discrete as possibly parts per trillion — can detect the cancer from...
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by Bruce Brown | January 20, 2016 | General News, Health
Have you been to the ER lately? Or gone for a physical or checkup where someone said, “Let’s get you hooked up”? I was in the ER for a minor incident recently (it turned out to be no big deal, but all were concerned) and because I was uncomfortable...
