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Rebranded Nokia Health Devices

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which acquired Withings of France last 2016 is now rebranding these health
monitoring and recording products.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was
announced in the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain. By then, all
Withings devices will be sold under the brand of Nokia. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nokia’s newly branded health
offering includes smart, connected devices such as watches, scales, a
thermometer and blood pressure monitors, all designed for daily monitoring of
parameters such as physical activity, weight, blood pressure, sleep, heart rate
and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
devices such as watches, scales, blood pressure monitors and thermometers  are designed to monitor physical activity,
weight, blood pressure, sleep and heart rate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> These devices such as the Nokia Steel watches
can track daytime activity, rest and sleep. With the thermometer, it has 16
infrared sensors that can take temperature readings from the temple to the side
of the head.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">An algorithm
ensures that the readings will be most accurate since the sensors can take up
to 4,000 readings in 2 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">A
connected hairbrush can analyze the quality of the user’s hair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Health
data can be stored in the Nokia Health Mate app. This will record the complete health
history of the user. Trends can be monitored by the app and is useful in
following wellness programs and data collation that can be utilized in
improving the user’s health. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">These
devices can enable the user to check and monitor all kinds of their personal
health data daily.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nokia has been keeping up with new
trends in electronic medical records keeping, vital signs monitoring and health
technology applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are stand alone or can be
used to connect with other devices and will allow a more complete and
comprehensive health related information that can be used in monitoring the
health conditions of the users. Particularly, these can be very useful in cases
of diabetes, heart disease and hypertension management of the users and their doctors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Breaking News: An Automated Robotic Drill May Change The Way Craniotomies Are Performed

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<span style="font-size: large;">What do a car and your skull have in common?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Probably just carbon and a few other elements. But soon, hospitals across the world may be using the same technology used to drill cars, to perform intricate cranial surgery.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The University of Utah tapped their Mechanical Engineering department to design exactly that: A drill for the skull that can cut into the cranium with such an unparalleled precision.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the idea for the machine came from drills used in cars, the version custom-built to perform neurosurgeries was programmed to work with and around the sensitive structures in the brain. In the past, a neurosurgeon would have to slowly, painstakingly, drill at the skull bone with a hand drill <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480624/" target="_blank"><strong>specifically designed for cranial surgery</strong></a>. This machine, though, takes away the backbreaking work of bone-cutting from the neurosurgeon, allowing him to maintain his focus on the whole operation.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />“It was like doing <b><i>archaeology</i></b>. We had to slowly take away the bone to avoid sensitive structures.” </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These were the words that Dr. William Couldwell, a neurosurgeon at the University of Utah Health, used to describe the procedure.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, hacking at bone is not the be-all and end-all of craniotomies. A craniotomy is but a means to an end: The neurosurgeon still has to get to the actual issue: A brain tumor, an abscess, even a tapeworm in the brain. With all the neurosurgeon’s energy sapped from bone-hacking, you bet that he’d have less focus and sharpness when he has to get into the actual issue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But thanks to Dr. William Couldwell and the mechanical engineers at the University of Utah, soon, neurosurgeons can be freed to focus on the heart of their tasks: Whatever needs to be removed from the brain.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The machine even has a nifty function: It can cut away and remove large sections of bone. By contrast, the existing tools require gradual chipping, and at smaller points at a time.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This comes as good news for neurosurgeons, indeed, as with this automated robotic drill, surgeon fatigue would be reduced in leaps and droves.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more details, head on over to <a href="http://newatlas.com/robotic-drill-skull-minutes/49297/" target="_blank"><strong>New Atlas</strong></a> and the <a href="https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2017/04/drill-neurosurgery.php" target="_blank"><strong>University of Utah’s official press release</strong></a>. </span><br />
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