‘Tis the season for shorter days, freezing temps and, if you’re lucky, snowball fights! Winter calls for nights spent huddled around the fireplace and days frolicking in the frigid fields (or something). And with it comes a particularly tricky challenge for parents: how to keep kids active, warm, comfortable and dry as they continue to […]
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The clever clothes that are reinventing healthcare
From trousers that get arthritic joins moving to a T-shirt that monitors your breathing: The clever clothes that are reinventing healthcare Scientists are developing clothing that monitors, and treats, our health problems These include everything from intelligent socks to sensory bras and live T-shirts We asked experts to assess the recent launches and others that […]
Patients care about the clothes doctors wear
(HealthDay)—Patients do in fact care what doctors wear, according to a study recently published in BMJ Open. Christopher M. Petrilli, M.D., from the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System in Michigan, and colleagues conducted a survey among a convenience sample of 4,062 patients recruited from 10 academic medical centers between June 2015 and October 2016. The […]