by Bruce Brown | February 5, 2016 | General News, Health
We have looked at smart scales in the past, most recently the CES 2016 Innovation Award-winning QardioBase that measures weight, muscle mass, body fat percentage, and water and bone composition, sending data via Bluetooth to your tablet or phone app where it...
by Bruce Brown | February 4, 2016 | General News, Health
Breathing is pretty important; the alternative doesn’t bode well for anyone. But the life-enabling process of breathing can also have a healing or calming role. Two fairly common conditions that many of us have at times are hyperventilation and minor panic...
by Bruce Brown | February 3, 2016 | General News, Health
People with severe urinary incontinence are often elderly and care dependent, so they need assistance to be changed on a timely basis to prevent infection and skin ulcers, not to mention maintaining their personal comfort. Whether people live in a care facility or...
by Bruce Brown | February 2, 2016 | General News, Health
Managing epilepsy can be challenging, particularly at night when seizures that lack movement and sound are not detected by usual monitoring devices. Especially when one is a caregiver for a child with epilepsy, the very real concern about Sudden Unepected Death from...
by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a major killer in the U.S., accounting for approximately 325,000 deaths per year, or nearly 1,000 a day. SCA is not the same as a heart attack, although SCA may result from a heart attack. When such a cardiac event occurs response time...