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What you don’t know about eating disorders

Misinformation, stigma, shame. An eating disorder is not some passing phase that only affects young white women. They are serious mental illnesses that can affect anyone of any age or race. They thrive in secrecy, and have spiked during the pandemic. In addition to more accurate awareness, improved prevention, detection […]

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Smart speakers and Health

University team creates heartbeat detection skill for devices Smart speakers can set a kitchen timer and tell you tomorrow’s weather, but they can also perform high-tech medical skills like monitoring babies breathing and detecting cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at University of Washington have developed another impressive skill for the devices: […]

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Brand-new recording complex opens in Westchester

Electric Kingdom Studios, a brand-new recording complex situated in Westchester County, just a half-hour north of New ork City, is—to put it simply— like no other studio in operation today. The facility—conceived, designed and built to the specifications of multi-platinum producer, engineer, composer and recording artist Gordon Bahary—offers the unbeatable […]

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Latimer adds new county director of Forensics

Westchester County Executive George Latimer is pleased to announce that the county has hired Lydia de Castro to lead the Forensics Division at the  epartment of Labs & Research.  “Lydia brings a wealth of experience to our Labs & Research team,” Latimer said. “Her expertise in the field, and extensive […]