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One-Way Data Collection “At the moment, it’s very much one-way data collection,” said Paul Brenner, who is in charge of Baxter’s efforts in this area. Someday, clinicians may be able to program the device remotely.

Ed Krzyston’s third heart attack 6 years ago left him “dead on the table.” Today, thanks to the Internet and a tiny device implanted in his chest, he lives a relatively normal life. The device, being tested at several US hospitals, constantly monitors his heart and measures, among other things, the blood pressure in various [...]

Not long ago some of you, our readers, shared your thoughts with us on this question. Now we’d like to present a few, which illustrate just what it is that makes us love Walt Disney World.

Divine intervention or fate played a role in the current location of the Bay Area Yoga Center as well. When I outgrew that first yoga space, I had grand ideas for the new location. Grand ideas that basically left me almost without a center. I had given my notice to my landlord who immediately rented [...]

For many years, medical authorities have tended to downplay the value of nutritional supplements and recommended instead that individuals eat a healthy diet. Experts on natural medicine, on the other hand, have insisted that vitamins and supplements are necessary. Which position is correct?

Heart disease — not cancer — is the No. 1 killer of women. After menopause, estrogen levels decrease but cholesterol levels rise.

An alert released to US hospitals urges them to monitor newborns for a rare but preventable disorder which leads to brain damage. The condition, called kernicterus, is estimated to strike only one in 100,000 babies, or perhaps as few as one in 1 million. But experts say that since US hospitals are increasingly discharging newborns [...]

Paradise or Prison After they leave for the immunity challenge (totally thinking it was for individual immunity), Magilla strolls into their camp and chows down on all their food. I was wondering why throughout the entire episode they kept showing this monkey watching them. He was taking notes, “Ok, the cheese and crackers are in [...]