Health
The modified Adidas basketball-style shoe has an embedded accelerometer, gyroscope and pressure sensors that can relay audio data about a wearer’s level of activity to a smartphone, Bluetooth device or via conical speaker affixed onto the shoe’s tongue. The shoe is constantly measuring what one is or is not doing --- and then pointing it out.
A new study from the North Carolina State University suggests that elderly people who play video games report a better well-being and emotional functioning.
A new study reveals that cases of attention-deficit hyperactive disorder in childhood often last into adulthood and present an increased risk for developing various psychiatric disorders in the future.
In order to get kids to make healthy choices, First Lady Michelle Obama has teamed up with Sesame Street in two new public service announcements as a part of her "Let's Move" healthy eating and exercise initiative.
Doctors in London applied frozen gel packs to a newborn baby in a radical attempt to save his life.
A new study reveals that patients with early stage breast cancer have a better chance surviving with lumpectomy procedure than with mastectomies.
Olympians in low-impact sports live 2.8 years longer than the average person, according to a study published in the journal BMJ.
An Irish woman who requested an abortion after a medically-complicated miscarriage is dead, after doctors in Ireland refused to give her an abortion, saying it was a “Catholic country.”
Ex-Cuban President takes pictures, writes article debunking rumors
Dr. William Schaffner, head of nonprofit disease education group, warns that meningitis cases will increase
Study conducted using 151 children in U.K., U.S.
A new study of roughly 1.3 million Americans found that stoke among patients aged 20 to 54 has jumped from 12.9 percent in 1993 to 18.6 percent in 2005.
