Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, reacts while speaking during an event to launch presidential campaign in Oakland, California, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP A new health insurance industry-backed poll shows two in three Americans “support the existing health care system” over a government-run healthcare… Read More »
Alphabet’s life sciences arm, Verily, has been looking for partners to co-develop shoes with sensors embedded to monitor the wearer’s movement and weight, as well as to measure falls, CNBC has learned.
In November 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen, a German mechanical engineer, professor and physicist, produced an X-ray image of his wife’s hand. It was the first time in history that anyone had detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range. His pioneering work earned him the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 and opened up the world… Read More »
Scientists know that the type of fat you can measure with a tape isn’t the most dangerous. But what is the most effective way to fight internal, visceral fat that you cannot see or feel? The answer: exercise. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center analyzed two types of interventions — lifestyle modification (exercise) and pharmacological… Read More »
Two chemicals widely used to flavor electronic cigarettes may impair the function of cilia in the human airway, according to a new study led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Cilia are antennae-like protuberances that are present on 50 percent to 75 percent of the cells that line human airways. They play… Read More »
Many older people fall and are injured. Many other are afraid of falling but do not have an action plan to decrease their risk. There is solution. It is Tai chi. A detailed analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society confirmed that there was a 40% reduction in falls within six months… Read More »