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We'd heard that Major League Baseball had virtual reality streaming aspirations, and a partnership with Intel is making them a reality. The two have reached a three-year deal for the Intel True VR Game of the Week, a Tuesday broadcast (blacked out in local markets) that will live stream via Intel's True VR app. Currently only available via the Oculus store for Samsung Gear VR headsets, it will give fans a look at the game via a fully produced VR broadcast, or the ability to hop around through different viewing locations -- captured by 4K resolution cameras -- with optional stat overlays.

Airports are where hopes and dreams go to die. But JetBlue thinks that one method of how people typically pass the time could be used to speed up the boarding process. For some passengers, a taken-at-the-gate photo will suffice to get them to their sky-chair. It's part of a collaboration between the airline and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office, Jetblue announced today.

The World Wide Web (WWW, W3) is an information system of interlinked hypertext documents that are accessed via the Internet. It has also commonly become known simply as the Web. Individual document pages on the World Wide Web are called web pages and are accessed with a software application running on the user's computer, commonly called a web browser. Web pages may contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia components, as well as web navigation features consisting of hyperlinks.

Apple is quietly developing a sensor that can monitor a person's blood sugar levels continuously and non-invasively. If successful, the technology will be integrated into a future version of the Apple Watch to help people with diabetes manage their condition. the project was set up by Steve Jobs before his death.

According to the report, Apple has quietly hired engineers to work in secret. It's believed that the company has been so successful it is already running trials of the sensors at "clinical sites" in San Francisco's Bay Area. In fact, progress has been so encouraging that Apple has already hired consultants to help it navigate the torturous process of getting FDA approval.

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The point of prescription drugs is to help us get or feel well. Yet Americans are taking so many medications that doctors are being encouraged to pause before prescribing and think about   as well.

Yet an increasing number of Americans — typically older ones with multiple chronic conditions — are taking drugs and supplements they don’t need, or so many of them that those substances are [interacting]

Though many prescription drugs are highly valuable, taking them can also be dangerous, particularly taking a lot of them at once. The vast majority of higher-quality studies summarized in [a systematic review]

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Is Cancer a matter of Bad Luck? Walk, Stretch or Dance? Which is Better for the Brain. We Yak About this and more.   Without a cure in sight, cancer has become one of society’s biggest concerns. The fear of getting it is enough for many people to change their lifestyles in dramatic and meaningful ways, and even though it’s increasingly possible to beat the disease, it remains one of the biggest universal health worries. As it turns out, all that anxiety may be for nothing, as new research suggests that getting cancer is more about bad luck than lifestyle factors, though it’s still possible to lessen your overall chances. As it turns out, all that anxiety may be for nothing, as new research suggestsYak On!

Yak About Privacy! What was Congress Thinking? Trying to alert my mostly Republican audience in the 8th Congressional district on the nature of internet privacy and how their delegates they just elected voted to allow all ISP providers to sell and share any information they gather to the highest bidders. The following article should give you a sense of what you voted for.   Congress just gave ISPs the green light to sell your browsing history to strangers appy-geek.com March 28, 2017 04:23 PM In a vote today, House Republicans passed a bill that would undo FCC privacy rules surrounding how internet service providers can collect and use customers’ data. In essence, it gives a green light for ISPs like Comcast and Time Warner to collect allYak On!

David Yakir and Wayne Dillon Yak About Tech – Best Headphone Recommendations Since Wayne and I were going to get together in the studio, I thought we’d do some tech talk. Tried to answer some questions, but with the limits of time I only got as far as recommending Bluetooth headphones. Boy can we chit-chat. Next time we’ll be more focused. So here are the recommended headphones. Put a little focus on Chromebooks. I’m starting to recommend them to my wiser and more mature friends.   Best Sport Headphones for iPhone and Apple Watch by Mike Tanasychuk, imore.comDecember 5, 2016 10:00 AM What’re the best sport headphones? Here are our picks! Music moves you — sometimes literally. But if you don’t have the right pairYak On!

Interview with Rebecca Katz, Author of “Cancer Fighting Kitchen” and “Clean Soups”                                   Spouse Bill became so nuts about some of the recipes that I went back an found the interview that I did with Rebecca Katz, who is the one that introduced us to the concept of “Food as Medicine” Listen to the interview. I’m hoping to have her back on soon. I believe that today everyone has to have a basic understanding of the importance of food as the logical response to many of the ailments that befall us.

Yak About Health Featuring “How to Talk to your Doctor” How To Talk To Your Doctor We thank We thank Amy Paturel, over at aarp.org If you’ve ever felt like your doctor isn’t listening to you, it may be true. Studies have found that doctors let patients speak for only 23 seconds on average before cutting them off; in one University of South Carolina study, primary care patients were interrupted just 12 seconds after the physician entered the exam room. When there’s less doctor-patient dialogue, patients are not only more likely to leave the office frustrated, but they’re also at greater risk of being misdiagnosed. WEVE GOT A FEW STRATEGIES YOU CAN TRY to maximize your office visit and talk so your doctor will listen.Yak On!

Yak About Health and certainly the Healthiest Half Hour of Recommendations We’ve Done to Date! Today we yak about Health: Topic one: is timing your meals important Topic Two: Slowing Down the aging process and what are tellemeres? topic three: Can drinking coffee slow aging Topic four: 6 Memory Boosters for you and your mate And on our yak about tech segment the 7 best tech items from amazon basics