by Alfred Poor | December 16, 2016 | General News, Medical
Digital communications have opened the door to innovative advances in medical treatment. Telemedicine refers to systems that let healthcare professionals and patients interact remotely, which can save time and expense compared with having to travel to a doctor’s...
by Alfred Poor | November 30, 2016 | General News, Medical
Anyone who has been suspected of having a heart arrhythmia is likely familiar with a Holter monitor. This is sort of a portable ECG that records your heart waves over a period of time. You wear it as you go about your normal daily activities, in hopes that it will...
by Alfred Poor | November 18, 2016 | General News, Medical
A patient is admitted to a hospital for an cardiovascular problem, such as heart attack or bypass surgery. The patient recovers, is discharged, and yet lands back in the hospital again due to complications related to blood sugar problems that had not been diagnosed...
by Alfred Poor | November 14, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Patients with prosthetic limbs or spinal cord damage don’t have a sense of touch from their limbs to provide feedback about their position or movements. We’ve written about a number of different research projects working on this problem, and here is...
by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The expression “put on your thinking cap” was first used in 1847 according to Merriam-Webster, referring to “a state or mood in which one thinks.” The results of recent military testing by the 711 Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air...
