by Bruce Brown | February 12, 2016 | General News, Health
Not everyone agrees that meditation can improve one’s quality of life. Last year’s study of studies by Johns Hopkins Medicine, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that meditation worked about as well as prescription drugs for relieving...
by Bruce Brown | February 11, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Let’s face it; gadgets, hardware, and devices are sexy. Software and user interfaces (UIs) don’t often get much attention, at least not until we’re confronted with faulty software and an awkward UI. Even though software does the heavy lifting of...
by Bruce Brown | February 10, 2016 | General News, Medical
When you get your eyes checked, you get to read rows of tiny numbers and make a bunch of “Better A, or better B?” choices as the technician or doctor tests selected pairs of lenses to get your subjective feedback. Chances are good that you also rest your...
by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2016 | General News, Health
An oft-cited statistic about the ability to see is the World Health Organization’s claim that approximately 285 million people worldwide have impaired vision. Of that immense group, 39 million are totally blind and 246 million have varying degrees of significant...
by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2016 | General News, Health
According to a World Health Organization study in 2010, 285 million people suffered from visual impairment attributed to macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, or other visual conditions. As our population...