Tag Archives: health

Your Body Wasn’t Built To Last: A Lesson From Human Mortality Rates

This post was originally published on the Gravity and Levity Blog, and has been republished on Singularity Hub with permission from [...]

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Eat Food, Mostly Plants… Live Indefinitely?

When lunchtime rolls around, what are you thinking about: your health or your hunger? We all want to eat healthier [...]

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Ambulance 2.0: Lifebot Technology Creates “Super Ambulances”

Ambulances will soon be getting some major technological upgrades effectively turning them into “super ambulances.” These technologically enhanced ambulances will [...]

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FTC Fights POM Juice Over Scientific Claims

The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against POM Wonderful, makers of the popular pomegranate juice and a [...]

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Cancer Rates in the US Continue to Drop, ACS Reports

The annual report from the American Cancer Society shows that US cancer death rates continue to decline in both men [...]

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Body 2.0 Here We Come: Fitbit Tracks Your Vital Signs 24/7

In the midst of the data and gadget revolutions, a new, crossbreed movement is emerging: around-the-clock health information tracking devices. [...]

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Sweet Little Lies – The Bitter Truth About Sugar

The world is hooked on sugar. Ray Kurzweil calls it the “White Satan.” And he might be onto something. The [...]

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Guest Post: Top 10 Innovations at TEDMED

This is a guest post written by Alexandra Carmichael. She is a co-founder of CureTogether, a Health 2.0 company that [...]

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Will Fat Secret Become Wikipedia of Nutrition with New API?

One day we are told that eating fats makes us fat. The next day we learn that carbs are made [...]

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Wireless Health Monitoring System for under $200

If you want to live forever you better start figuring out how your body is doing today. A&D Medical, a [...]

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Blue Zones – Places In the World Where People Live to 100 and Stay Healthy

They are called blue zones – places in the world where people live longer and healthier than anywhere else on [...]

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