by Alfred Poor | April 6, 2017 | General News, Health
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents work hard at tasks including search and rescue, firearms detection, and stopping drug smuggling. They can spend long hours in difficult climate conditions that can put a serious strain on a body’s systems....
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by Bruce Brown | March 6, 2017 | General News, Health
The World Health Organization and other groups recommend breastfeeding exclusively for a baby’s first six months and continued breastfeeding with other food for 12 to 24 months (or however long the mother and baby wish to continue). According to a study...
by Alfred Poor | February 28, 2017 | General News, Medical
In the U.S. alone, we spend up to $300 billion extra every year in unnecessary healthcare costs, simply because people do not take their medications as prescribed. When you consider that more than half of the people in the country live with at least one chronic...
by Alfred Poor | February 21, 2017 | General News, Medical
A lot of attention is given to blood oxygen levels, as this can be an important diagnostic indicator for a variety of illnesses and conditions. Another important biometric gets less attention: the amount of oxygen in tissues, such as skin or muscle. Patients with...
by Alfred Poor | February 17, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
A combination of new technologies offer the potential for unprecedented change in healthcare. We have low cost sensors that can be incorporated into miniature devices to measure all sorts of vital body functions. We have low-power wireless technology that let these...
