by Kimberly Houston | December 12, 2017 | General News, Medical
Studying how chemical or physical agents interact with our bodies to cause toxicity is fraught with challenges. Testing on human subjects raises ethical concerns, and studies in laboratory animals don’t always accurately mimic results seen in humans. Now...
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by Kimberly Houston | October 31, 2017 | General News, Health
While the standard office worker may worry about the negative health impact of sitting too much, workers at factories, plants, construction sites, oil rigs, and mines can face deadly threats just by the nature of the work they do. A little digging on the Occupational...
by Alfred Poor | February 9, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Digital electronic Health Tech devices require a source of power in order to collect data and communicate it to other devices so that it can be put to practical use. When these devices are worn outside the body, it can be a relatively simple matter to change batteries...
by Alfred Poor | November 7, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The ultimate in “wearable” Health Tech is a device that we can carry around on the inside of our bodies. It’s not too difficult to use chemically-inert materials that don’t add potentially toxic chemicals within the body, but rejection is...
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by Alfred Poor | June 2, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
A lot of exciting “wearable” Health Tech projects involved “wearing” a device on the inside of your body. In other words, you swallow it. But if it requires electrical power to operate, you need to find a safe way to provide this energy. As...
