Avoiding Summer Health Pitfalls

While many of us are thrilled that summer is here, there are certain health pitfalls that can definitely put a damper on our summer enjoyment. Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Or maybe not. While many of us are thrilled that we’ve reached the end of the cold weather and are looking forward to the… Read More »

5 Tips to Help You Look and Feel Your Best

Nobody feels or thinks they look perfect all of the time. Everybody has days when they feel sluggish or unattractive. It’s completely normal. When you feel that way all of the time, though, that’s when it’s time to admit that you’ve got a problem and begin taking steps to improve your health and appearance. You… Read More »

Severely Disabled People Mind-Control a Robotic Arm via EEG

June 26th, 2019 Medgadget Editors Neurosurgery, Rehab Scientific collaborators from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Minnesota have created a way for people to control a robotic arm using a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI). Previously, electrode array implants in the brain have been necessary to give severely disabled people the ability to manipulate an external… Read More »

Know Your Girls: Breast cancer survivor diagnosed at 16 shares her story to help Black women save their own lives

Know Your Girls is committed to educating Black women about breast cancer. As part of their campaign to educate and inform Black women about their cancer risks, they connected TheGrio with Nikia Hammonds-Blakely, a survivor who was diagnosed at 16 years old. “I was in the shower one morning getting ready for school and I felt the… Read More »