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by Alfred Poor | May 10, 2017 | General News, Health
According to a new white paper from StrongArm Technologies and Intelex, industrial workers are starting to reap the benefits of wearable technology and the Big Data analytics that these devices generate. “The Ergo-Skeletons Are Coming!” starts by pointing...
by Alfred Poor | October 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine has the potential to save lives and improve outcomes while driving down overall healthcare costs. One possible avenue to these gains is to avoid expensive and time-consuming office or hospital visits by sending healthcare workers to the homes of patients...
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by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2016 | General News, Medical
When factory workers, machinists, or people in many other types of manual work lose a hand, the loss often results in a career change. According to graduate students at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, in Germany alone, 15 people lose a hand every day on...
by Alfred Poor | August 12, 2016 | General News, Health
One important aspect of keeping people healthy is to help them avoid injury, whether due to a specific physical trauma, or due to environmental factors. This is a key concern for companies whose employees are exposed to difficult working conditions; how can you tell...
by Alfred Poor | April 18, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
One of my favorite (if apocryphal) quotes is the answer that the notorious bank robber Willy Sutton gave when asked why he robbed banks: “Because that’s where the money is!” If you want to look for the growth in any industry, whether it’s...
