Imperial Valley News Center
Wearable Electronic Health Patches May Now Be Cheaper and Easier to Make
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- Written by Sandra Zaragoza
Austin, Texas - A team of researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a method for producing inexpensive and high-performing wearable patches that can continuously monitor the body’s vital signs for human health and performance tracking, potentially outperforming traditional monitoring tools such as cardiac event monitors.
Health Groups Back Efforts to Protect Tobacco Control Measures Under Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - As the United States and 11 other countries conclude negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, we welcome reports that a proposal offered this week would protect the rights of participating nations to adopt public health measures to reduce tobacco use and prevent tobacco companies from using the TPP to launch legal attacks on such measures.
Sedentary behavior linked to heart risk in Hispanics
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- Written by AHA
Dallas, Texas - Spending a lot of time being sedentary appears to be risky for Hispanics’ heart health, even when they get regular exercise, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.
Improved technology aids criminals in brazen cyber attacks
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- Written by Brian L. Huchel
West Lafayette, Indiana - Computer viruses and malware are obsolete scams for the latest wave of increasingly aggressive computer criminals, says a top cyber forensics expert at Purdue University.
American Cancer Society Awards Medal of Honor For Extraordinary Contributions in the Fight to End Cancer
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - The American Cancer Society has bestowed its highest honor on four individuals and one foundation during the Society’s 2015 Medal of Honor ceremony and celebration dinner in Washington, DC. The Medal of Honor is awarded to those who have made the most valuable contributions and impact in the fight to end cancer through basic research, clinical research, cancer control, or philanthropy.
Physicians Still Watching and Waiting for 2015 Meaningful Use Program Requirements
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Chicago, Illinois - Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has yet to issue the so-called “modification rule” for the electronic health record (EHR) Meaningful Use program for 2015, the AMA is calling on the agency to create an automatic hardship exemption for physicians who did not have the opportunity to report successfully this year.
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