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Comment by Sarah J on Personalized Medicine Meets Wearable Tech (August 8, 2025 06:04 AM)
People with long Covid or with M.E., post viral diseases, can use continuous Heart Rate measuring to help stay at a safe level of activity. Safe means...
Comment by Old Lady on Personalized Medicine Meets Wearable Tech (August 8, 2025 12:21 AM)
I really must get my thermometer out and use it....
Comment by cropduster on Personalized Medicine Meets Wearable Tech (August 7, 2025 11:37 PM)
All very good....I am sure it will help immensely in the near future. Are you willing to "wear" a device all day long, including while in bed? If so...
Comment by Bill on Personalized Medicine Meets Wearable Tech (August 7, 2025 10:18 PM)
Fitbit does much the same. I've been wearing various models for over 10 years now. But it's about as good as Dr Google. Don't trust these devices to b...
Comment by Tony on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (August 7, 2025 09:30 PM)
Installed "Trend Micro Mobile Security for iOS"; tested the QR Scanner - works. However ads keep popping up to buy their Suite - very annoying. Remov...
Comment by Charley on Personalized Medicine Meets Wearable Tech (August 7, 2025 08:17 PM)
Some Galaxy watches support blood pressure measurements. I don't know how accurate it is. It is not approved by the FDA in the US, so that feature is ...
Comment by Glenn P. on Fileless Malware: Who You Gonna Call? (August 5, 2025 08:38 PM)
Hey, Bob! I was an avid reader of The Internet Tourbus for many years, and was very sorry to see it discontinued. I'm so very glad to...
Comment by Ron Atkinson on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 29, 2025 12:59 PM)
Installing a Bitdefender VPN on my iphone 12 disabled my email so be warned....
Comment by Tony on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 10:38 PM)
To quote from Tred Micro's website: "Trend Micro’s free QR Scanner for Android (and its equivalent in Trend Micro Mobile Security for iOS), lets you...
Comment by Phixer on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 05:05 PM)
Fake QR codes are being stuck over genuine codes on parking meters - and no doubt that will apply in other remote locations. No different to scammers ...
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