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by Bruce Brown | March 16, 2018 | General News, Medical
Smoking’s decreasing prevalence in the U.S. has resulted in fewer laryngectomies in this country, which is good news indeed. Worldwide, however, according to the MARCS Institute at Western Sydney University, more than 300,000 people have had their larynx...
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by Kimberly Houston | November 14, 2017 | General News, Medical
An important care issue in nursing homes and senior living centers is appropriate and timely wound care, specifically the treatment of pressure ulcers, sometimes called pressure sores. Pressure ulcers are areas of damaged skin caused by staying in one position for too...
by Bruce Brown | January 10, 2017 | General News, Medical
Starting way before royal physicians smelled the stools and urine of infant noblemen, doctors have used their sense of smell to detect disease. According to an article in Scientific American, physicians have “known that the breath contains clues to many...
by Bruce Brown | August 3, 2016 | General News, Health
Knowing someone’s blood alcohol content (BAC) is of potential interest to health care workers, law enforcement, family and friends, and to the individual him or herself. We’ve previously covered BAC-reading personal breathalyzer devices that you blow into...
by Alfred Poor | February 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have created a temporary tattoo that measures glucose levels. This noninvasive sticker presents an attractive alternative to the customary process that require finger pricks to extract a tiny drop of blood. The...
