Health & Beauty

 

Sunrise, Sunset: The Dawn of a New Age in Skincare»

With great summer weather and love of outdoor activities, Northwest residents are extremely susceptible to the sun’s damaging rays. What many Northwesterners fail to realize is that they are at greater risk for photo damage from the sun because much of the exposure occurs under cloudy skies. That, combined with casual attitudes toward sunscreen, makes them particularly vulnerable to photo-aging. Age spots, wrinkles, Rosacea and enlarged pores are all telltale signs of sun damage.

 

Aquarium and Hospital»

In a collaborative effort between the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (SPCH), a video camera has been installed in the Passages of the Deep exhibit and is feeding live images of the Aquarium to the hospital’s emergency department waiting area. The camera uses new technology to produce real-time video images using an embedded Mpeg4 encoder.
SPCH had been considering installing an aquarium as part of plans to remodel and enlarge its emergency department, but the…

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