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New Innovations in Heart Health Care Technology

The National Institutes of Health estimates that between 250,000 and 450,000 people die annually in the United States as a result of acute heart attacks prompted by arrhythmias. An arrhythmia is a disturbance in the heart’s...

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Experts warn on children’s health

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is urging the government to heed the findings of health researchers who have highlighted the dangers of worsening children's health in the recession. The Children's Social Health Monitor,...

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Intel Wants You to Age Gracefully, at Home

It's testing the Intel Health Guide, a device to let doctors monitor seniors remotely. Such systems could save billions in health care By Arlene Weintraub Intel Wants You to Age Gracefully For three months early this year,...

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How to Take a Gorilla's Blood Pressure: Very Carefully

By Rachael Rettner, Staff Writer For the first time, researchers have obtained blood pressure readings from a gorilla while it was awake. Here, The Georgia Tech team that developed the Gorilla Tough Cuff and a Zoo Atlanta...

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GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors To Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of...

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Technology Partnerships Bring Nursing Care to Inner-City Baltimore

Congestive heart failure (CHF) patients in Baltimore City will be using a new FDA-approved electronic health monitoring device to help manage their heart disease at home as part of a new Johns Hopkins University School of...

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No let-up against Influenza A(H1N1)

By YIP YOKE TENG Photos by KAMARUL ARIFFIN and IBRAHIM MOHTAR DESPITE a decline in the admission of Influenza A(H1N1) cases recently, corporate citizens have not let their guard down. The Health Ministry has reminded the public...

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UK Hospital Trials Wireless 'plaster' for monitoring patient health

A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial...

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How to Take a Gorilla's Blood Pressure: Very Carefully

By Rachael Rettner, Staff Writer For the first time, researchers have obtained blood pressure readings from a gorilla while it was awake. Here, The Georgia Tech team that developed the Gorilla Tough Cuff and a Zoo Atlanta...

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GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors to alert people to...

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