Google’s new algorithm is as accurate as current methods. Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily have discovered a new way to assess a person’s risk of heart disease using machine learning, The Verge reports. The company’s software analyzes the back of a patient’s...
Both deaf and hearing fans can benefit. Back in September, Ars Technica reports, 200 music fans gathered at the Bunkhouse Saloon in downtown Las Vegas for a private live concert. Several of the fans were deaf, and the concert served as a test for new wearable technology that allows deaf and...
Events are held across the country. When Steven Senteney lost his vision and hearing 10 years ago, he thought his life was over, the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Star Herald reports. “I’d learned to ski in the 1980s and was an avid skier,” Senteney said. “Now I wasn’t able to do a lot of the activities I...
Lawsuits filed in Texas. At least 68 cataract patients in the Dallas area say they were partially blinded or worse after being injected with a knockoff version of a drug called TriMoxi, BuzzFeed reports. Some can’t perceive depth or colors, while others see glare, halos, flashing lights, or...
Mississippi video goes viral. A heart-warming video clip shows basketball players from the Mississippi School for The Deaf receiving a pep talk from one of their coaches, KFDA TV reports. The video was shot toward the end of a game on November 8 by Kenny Griffis, who shared it on his Twitter...
Two Orange County clinics are accused of misleading marketing. The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against two stem cell clinics that promoted treatments for everything from blindness to autism to Parkinson’s Disease despite a lack of evidence, STAT reports. The FTC accused owner...
Filmmaker Emilio Insolera sees similarities between Japanese kana and sign language. Emilio Insolera says he can thank a stint in Japan for helping him take advantage of his abilities, Kris Kosaka reports in The Japan Times. While he was in Japan on vacation 10 years ago, Insolera was inspired to...
Environment plays a bigger role than genetics, experts now believe. Getting children to play outside will benefit their eyesight and reduce their risk of becoming shortsighted, Science Alert reports. Shortsightedness, or myopia, is becoming increasingly common all over the world, and is expected...
Study followed subjects for 10 years. Older adults with untreated hearing loss incur substantially higher total health care costs compared to those without hearing loss, MedicalXpress reports. The difference adds up to $22,434 per person over a decade, according to a new study led by researchers...
Metformin users in study were less likely to develop macular degeneration. A common diabetes medication may do more than lower blood sugar levels, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Researchers in Taiwan recently presented a study at an American Academy of Ophthalmology conference to...
‘Fastest woman alive’ was stunt double for Wonder Woman. For one memorable stunt in the “Wonder Woman” television series, Kitty O’Neil jumped off the roof of a Hilton hotel in Los Angeles and fell 127 feet before landing on an inflated air bag, setting a new women’s high-fall...
Bernard Bragg founded the National Theater for the Deaf in 1967. Bernard Bragg, a trailblazer for deaf performers, died at 90 on Oct. 29 in Los Angeles, The New York Times reports. His longtime friend Marlee Matlin confirmed his death. He graduated in 1947 from the New York School for the Deaf,...
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