Author: Dorron Blumberg

Sensors could improve at-home health care

The University of Miami’s Institute for Data Science and Computing is partnering with
GE Global Research to devise secure, smart technology that could improve patient outcomes.
 
February 16, 2021 — Picture a future where health sensors would be strategically placed throughout a person’s house to check their vital signs each day and to alert them about potential dangers, like a sudden step down to the living room. Outside of the home, sensors could measure local pollen or pollution levels in the air. And for elderly residents, applications streamed through devices like their phone or a smart speaker could remind them to take medications on time.
 

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FAU Launches COVID-19 Registry and Repository to Advance Research

Enrolling Participants with Prior Documented Positive Test Reports 
  
February 15, 2021 – Researchers from Florida Atlantic University have launched a registry and repository to contribute to new discoveries and knowledge related to COVID-19. They are recruiting participants who have had a positive test and collecting blood and saliva samples for the repository. Specimen collection will support research efforts related to the novel coronavirus transmission and will enable scientists to develop new approaches for prevention and control, as well as novel therapeutics that may provide broad benefit for future public health, biomedical and translational research initiatives. In addition to studying current research questions, these samples also will be stored for future investigations.
 

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Family Medicine Physician Lisai Zhang, DO,Joins Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

February 15, 2020 – Cleveland Clinic Martin Health welcomes primary care physician Lisai Zhang, DO.
 
Dr. Zhang specializes in Family Medicine and is accepting new patients. Her office is located at Tradition HealthPark Two, 10080 SW Innovation Way in Port St. Lucie, on the campus of Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital. To request an appointment, patients may call 772.344.3811 or visit martinhealth.org/primarycare.
 

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