Reminders From Intelligent System Increase The Independence Of Those With Special NeedsA team of researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) has created a system with Artificial Intelligence techniques which reminds elderly people or people with special needs of certain everyday tasks. This system uses sensors distributed in the environment in order to detect their actions and mobile devices which remind them, for example, to take their keys before they leave home...
Source: mnt.toCIGOTINE Celebrates Federal Ruling Allowing Import and Distribution of E-Cigarettes Cigotine, LLC publicly supports the recent Federal ruling allowing the import and distribution of e-cigarettes, and is asking its valued customers to continue to support the rights of smokers everywhere, by making their voices heard and publicly supporting the use of alternative smoking devices. (PRWeb Jan 20, 2010)
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Source: www.prweb.comNon-Compliance May Be The Cause Of 'Difficult-To-Treat Asthma'Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland. "[A] significant proportion of patients with difficult asthma are poorly adherent to inhaled and oral corticosteroid therapy," wrote principal investigator, Dr. Liam Heaney, of Belfast City Hospital...
Source: mnt.toTreating Swimmer's Ear Just Got SimplerWhen treating the pain and inflammation of swimmer's ear, antibiotic drops are the most effective and safest therapy, finds a new review of studies. These findings might reduce the use of oral antibiotics, still prescribed in many cases of acute otitis externa commonly known as swimmer's ear and so help prevent the development of dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections...
Source: mnt.toSuggestions Abound For Cutting National Health Care CostsTwo publications looked at the problem of rising health costs and ways to try to "bend the curve." In a cover story, BusinessWeek reports: "None of the health-care reform bills on the table in Washington do anything meaningful to address that wasted $700 billion...
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