A remarkable story of setermination and creativity. > The Boy and the Bionic Hand: A Chance Hospital Encounter Sent an Engineer on an Improbable Mission http://t.co/g1HsqdUsyw — Medgadget (@Medgadget) August 2, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Medgadget/statuses/495512590533947392]…
> Nurses Know Best: Empowering medical professionals to reinvent medicine. http://t.co/ZOyRfKxBWq pic.twitter.com/t6EudyU3VY [http://t.co/t6EudyU3VY] — Co.Exist (@FastCoExist) July 27, 2014 [https://twitter.com/FastCoExist/statuses/493457760932331520] I wish there was more of a nod to patients here, too, but there's…
Alive Inside, which I first noticed two years ago [http://tmblr.co/ZhkhVyJXhVnq] , is nearing release. Here's more from The Daily Beast. > Using an iPod, Alzheimer's patients who have not spoken in years begin to sing along with the music of their youth http://t.…
I brought up Alone Together last night and recalled how skeptical I was about the emotional satisfaction that robots might provide, so I was struck by the by Louise Aronson's argument for robotic caregivers in The New York Times today [http://nyti.ms/1rqMS6A] > I can, and…
It must be a day to challenge my assumptions. Holly Brubach offered a jarring, but valid, observation about health care at The New York Times [http://nyti.ms/1rnKrBO] > Edward T. Hall, the cultural anthropologist who advised members of the State Department in the ’50s, wrote that you can…
> A lot of us suck at sleep. But exactly how do we suck at it? Do we toss and turn a lot? Snore? Are we roused by outside noises? Well, the new Misfit Beddit Sleep System promises to answer those questions. > from a review of the new Beddit…
> Too sexy for your finger splint? Here come fabulous, functional medical accessories: http://t.co/tXq0iLCvri pic.twitter.com/uveAeDh7L0 [http://t.co/uveAeDh7L0] — Fast Company (@FastCompany) July 9, 2014 [https://twitter.com/FastCompany/statuses/486857335080775680] Also reported by The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/18/5628818/…
> How Dark Chocolate, Not Milk Chocolate, May Help Blood Flow http://t.co/XcpNj3H4we — NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) July 2, 2014 [https://twitter.com/NPRHealth/statuses/484470605454905344] More at my Posthave site [http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/chocolate-is-good-for-you].…