Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier

At any moment, someone in the U.S. most likely is having an asthma attack. The breath-robbing disease afflicts around 25 million Americans, and every year about half of them lose control of their asthma. They may rush to the emergency room or reach for a rescue inhaler, a source of quick-acting drugs that can relax constricted airways in minutes. Predicting who is at risk of such crises is difficult, however, because the relevant statistics that would identify trends come from the patients' own recollections days or weeks after the emergency. [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health,Health,Technology,Consumer Electronics,More Science,Medical Technology,Communications,Computing,Biology,Everyday Science Source Type: news