The Earbud Epidemic

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A new study shows that one in five Americans, 20%, has some form of hearing loss. That is a huge number and much larger than anyone had previously thought. According to the study, in the Annals of Internal Medicine, that means 48 million Americans hear so poorly that they cannot understand […]

National Emergency Alert System: Where’s The Telecom?

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Today (November 9th), at 2PM EST and 11AM PST there’s a test of the National Emergency Alert System. Here’s what FEMA has to say about the test.

•It will be transmitted via television and radio stations within the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, […]

Mammogram or Airport Scan – Which Is A Higher Radiation Dose?

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There’s been a lot of talk in the news about the value of mammograms. Not so much as a question of their value in finding breast cancers, but more around whether the benefits are really there for doing them. The argument essentially acknowledges that mammography screening does indeed detect cancers […]