health

To eliminate the chance of Dick Cheney's heart being hacked, doctors disabled the wireless functionality on his implanted defibrillator. Read More »

Hundreds of thousands people have united across the world to voice concern over the spread of GMO foods and crops and to raise awareness over the biotech giant Monsanto’s growing grip on the global food supply chain...

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If you knew that your favorite local eatery failed its latest health inspection, would you still eat there? Most of us don’t have to consider that question because restaurant hygiene scores are hard to find—we would have to go out of our way to locate the information on lousy government sites. But that may be about to change. Read More »

For those individuals interested in healthy living and a healthier planet, ears perk up at words like “sustainable agriculture.” A program named “Field to Market” conjures visions of a local food economy—small-scale bucolic farming in truly sustainable fashion—not corporations posturing towards global processed food empires. But that’s exactly what the program is. Read More »

Fermina Flores, 60, has been working as a midwife in the municipality of Gerona, Tarlac for the past 34 years, covering four barangays (villages) with a combined population of around 8,000. [...] And she does it all with the help of her high-tech 3G wireless data network-capable tablet computer that can record patients’ health information... Read More »

On Wednesday U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park visited iTriage at our headquarters in Denver, CO as part of a seven-city tour promoting five important government initiatives. “I am so inspired by what you’re doing,” said Park to a gathering of iTriage employees. “You’re empowering people to take control of their health, and you’re saving lives. What you’re doing is incredibly important.” Read More »