High-tech camera, algorithms fuse for sleep apnea test
What do you get when you combine a computer scientist and a doctor of sleep medicine? A cool, less invasive way to figure out if patients have sleep apnea, a common problem that causes a snoring a person to momentarily stop breathing while sleeping.
GPS tracking system unveiled for Alzheimer's patients
The Alzheimer's Association has unveiled a Web-based application that allows Alzheimer's patients to roam within a pre-established area. If they leave that area, a GPS tracking system alerts loved ones or caregivers who can then locate them.
Healthcare organizations find security, privacy cures
Healthcare organizations are energetically seeking cures for managing identity and security in fast-paced hospital environments to help physicians and nurses do their jobs more easily -- and to keep patient data safe.
CalOptima says data on 68,000 members may be compromised
Personal data on about 68,000 members of CalOptima, a Medicaid managed care plan serving Orange County, Calif., may have been compromised earlier this month.
Vote Wii for Government Run Healthcare?
The debate over healthcare just took a surprise turn with Britain's publicly funded, government run National Health Service (NHS) bringing Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus under its Change4Life personal fitness umbrella.
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