• Virtual Reality Therapy More Effective For Managing Pain?

    Virtual Reality Therapy More Effective For Managing Pain?

    Virtual Reality is seen as a way to submerse yourself into another “world”.  Maybe as a way to disconnect from your own existence and temporarily become part of another.  Virtual reality, however, is being used to treat pain.  There are several studies reviewing this theory in both the United States and Canada, but the bottom…

  • Apple Acquires Beddit Because They’re Concerned About Your Sleep

    Apple Acquires Beddit Because They’re Concerned About Your Sleep

    Apple is extremely concerned about your sleeping habits.  So concerned, in fact, that they have acquired the company Beddit.  Beddit offers a sleep tracking app and additional hardware to help you understand your sleeping habits.  But is this something that consumers will want?  Especially since it requires additional hardware.  Which is available for sale in…

  • 23andMe Will Start Testing for Genetic Conditions After Approval from the FDA

    23andMe Will Start Testing for Genetic Conditions After Approval from the FDA

      Over the last few years I’ve seen commercials for the service 23andMe.  Framed as a way to trace your ancestry in an attempt to know more about yourself.  Which really interests me, as I am a self proclaimed genealogy nerd.  Well, other people probably think it’s nerdy also.  What’s interesting about 23andMe is that…