by Bruce Brown | April 4, 2016 | General News, Health
[Photo credit: https://www.i-newmedia.com/media] As we’ve noted in other articles, more than one-quarter of the U.S. population report not getting enough sleep and 10% have insomnia according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We have...
by Alfred Poor | March 21, 2016 | General News, Medical
It’s a classic theme in horror pictures such as Frankenstein; the mad scientist sends an electrical current through the brain of a subject (soon-to-be-monster, in most cases) in order to bring it to life. In real life, scientists have used a similar process to...
by Alfred Poor | March 15, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Healthcare costs have risen dramatically in recent years, and one hope for controlling these costs is to provide services more efficiently. Telemedicine will play an important role in this new strategy, which will include remote monitoring of patients. Not only will...
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by Alfred Poor | March 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic, debilitating disease for which there is currently no cure, yet it affects seven to 10 million people worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks complications from the disease as the 14th leading cause...
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by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
One of the most tragic injuries is damage to the spinal cord; the result can be paralysis that leaves the victim trapped forever in a body that will not respond to commands to make it move. When the connection between the brain and body is broken, it is nearly...
