October 30, 2022

Telehealth: How Wearables Are Changing Healthcare Services

October 30, 2022 10:16 am

Healthcare just like many other industries in the modern world has been stung by the ‘tech’ bug. With advancements in biosensor technologies and improvements in health care services predicated artificial intelligence, there are now more sophisticated ways for medics to monitor patients. Telehealth, the use of digital information and communication technologies to render health care services is now possible with non-invasive wearables which produce accurate results. The potential of this technology to provide cheaper psychological data collection, interpretation, and visualization options for medics and researchers to monitor patients or track diseases.

Impressively, more digital health solutions are surfacing in markets …

Why Some People Are More Prone To Mosquito Bites

October 30, 2022 9:58 am

Almost everyone has that one friend who is the first to get awfully itchy bug bites when they are having an outdoor hangout in the evening. Yeah, that friend who repeatedly stamps their feet in frustration and says, “there are mosquitoes here!” The reaction is often a collective “you’re exaggerating this’ stare from the other members of the clique. What you don’t know is, that friend of yours has some special attraction for mosquitoes and people like them have been collectively referred to as mosquito magnets by scientists.

A recently completed study carried out by researchers from Rockefeller University …

Russia Suspends Involvement In Ukraine Grain Deal

October 30, 2022 5:38 am

Russia on Saturday announced the suspension of its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed vital grain exports from Ukraine, blaming drone attacks on Russian ships in Crimea.

Russia made the announcement after its army accused Kyiv earlier Saturday of a ‘massive’ drone attack on its Black Sea fleet, which Ukraine labelled a ‘false pretext’ and the UN urged the deal’s preservation.

The Turkey and UN-brokered deal to unlock grain exports signed between Russia and Ukraine in July is critical to easing the global food crisis caused by the conflict.

The agreement already allowed more than nine million tonnes …