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High Blood Pressure Basics

28 February 2013

Screenshot from the CDC Blood Pressure Basics video

From the CDC You Tube page: "When left untreated, hypertension can cause life-threatening consequences like stroke or heart attack. Find out what's really happening in your body when your heart is working overtime due to high blood pressure."


What types of firms enable technology innovation for...

27 February 2013
For engineers and visionaries – a grandmother inspires. I hear it so often – the entrepreneur’s grandmother, father, mother inspired the inventor to move forward with inventions – that includes long-time players like GrandCare Systems, It’s Never Too Late (IN2L) or Eric Dishman and Intel -- good examples – but it also includes brand new entrants like myLively and Serality. Or an inspired and wealthy founder with a long history of entrepreneurship and business tries something new – GreatCall ...

The Role of Benzodiazepines in the Treatment of...

26 February 2013
The Role of Benzodiazepines in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

From the article: "Benzodiazepines were introduced in the 1960’s
to replace barbiturates, which were effective as sedatives but were dangerous in overdosage and often abused. The stress-reducing and sedating properties of benzodiazepines made them seemingly an ideal drug to manage anxiety and insomnia symptoms and they became useful in addressing other clinical states such as epilepsy, spasmodic disorders, alcohol withdrawal, and anesthesia. Benzodiazepines rapidly became the most widely used of all psychotropic drugs; during the last
25 years it has been estimated that over 500 million people have taken a course of benzodiazepine treatment. Historically benzodiazepines were the primary posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment agent and their anxiety-reducing properties
made them seem to be a model medication for the management of symptoms related to PTSD. Soon after the development of benzodiazepines, however, reports began to appear about potential withdrawal symptoms and risks of tolerance and dependence, which contributed to the continued controversy surrounding their use (for a historical review,
see Lader, 2011)."

Hackers heaven - Our devices and software humiliate us

21 February 2013
The Chinese military wants to get inside the Times and your devices. Never mind the NY Times – for your own good, don’t open that PDF. A wide variety of hackers want access to our individual computers, tablets, and phones – even Apple and Facebook are not immune. We walk into an office products or computer store and our enthusiasm for the latest gadget is limitless -- they must be fast enough to view video or to surf bloated websites. So we watch a demo and walk out of the store hundreds of ...

Prepare

21 February 2013
Screenshot of the Prepare Website

From the Prepare website:


PREPARE is a program that can help you:


  • make medical decisions for yourself and others

  • talk with your doctors

  • get the medical care that is right for you

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