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by Bruce Brown | May 18, 2016 | General News, Medical
Urine tests with dip strips — or dipsticks as they’re more commonly called — are an excellent example of what appears on the surface to be very simple technology. You just pee in a cup (or a tube if you have particularly good aim) and dip in a small...
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by Bruce Brown | May 17, 2016 | General News, Health
Tremors are more common than you might think. The condition Essential Tremors affects approximately 10 million people in the U.S., according to the American Academy of Neurology. Tremors are also a symptom of a wide range of diseases and conditions including...
by Bruce Brown | May 16, 2016 | General News, Health
There are 94 million Americans at risk for lung cancer in the U.S., but only 1.6 million are scanned annually, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics cited by a team of Harvard and MIT students. The team formed a startup called...
by Bruce Brown | May 13, 2016 | General News, Medical
Not everyone who has an irregular heartbeat is at risk for sudden cardiac death. And not everyone who has a heart attack is likely to develop arrhythmia. Acting on the side of caution however, cardiologists often implant small defibrillators in heart attack patients...
by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
We’ve had antibacterial soaps since 1984, according to VisionLaunch, and since then their use has been so common that some experts warn against its overuse. It could lead to new strains of bacteria that are resistant to the soaps. As with antibiotics, too...
