August 15, 2011

Election Day is over 14 months away, but this week President Obama is taking a test-drive on the campaign trail with a three-state bus trip through the Midwest that’s being touted as a “Listening Tour.” Obama is likely to get an earful about the shaky economy and voter anger over the partisan face-off in Washington that took the country to the brink of debt default. Source Link

It may not just be a desire for that bronzed look that compels young people to use tanning beds. A new study has found that tanning bed users show brain activity similar to that seen in people addicted to drugs and alcohol. People younger than 30 who use a tanning bed once a month have eight times the risk of developing malignant skin cancer. Source Link

Imagine never having to say “ahh” to a thermometer or enduring a cold stethoscope to get vital signs taken at the hospital. That’s the goal behind a new technology using tiny electronics embedded in skin-like patch that wirelessly transmits temperature and heart rate. The same devices might deliver heat to help heal wounds and could be made touch sensitive and placed on artificial limbs. Source Link