A judge forced the state health plan to cover gender transition care. NC treasurer, plan officials are appealing. | Local News

Daniel Morones

The N.C. State Health Plan has appealed a federal judge’s order that resumed payments for medical treatments, including hormone therapy and surgeries, for transgender individuals. Judge Loretta Biggs of the Middle District of N.C. ruled June 10 in favor of plaintiffs who included several transgender people or their parents. Biggs’ […]

Quantification of acceleration as activity counts in ActiGraph wearable

Daniel Morones

The fast advances in computing and micro-electromechanical units (MEMS) engineering have established new alternatives for monitoring health in people’s cost-free-residing atmosphere above extended time durations. In specific, as wearable devices are able of quantifying patients’ behaviors continuously with nominal stress, they can give more complete, ecological and objective overall health […]