Could cost prevent some children from getting new, safer football helmets? Local 12’s chief investigative reporter Duane Pohlman travels to Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab and visits with a medical doctor.

A team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology invented a "toilet seat-based cardiovascular monitoring system" that could help hospitals monitor patients for risk of congestive heart ...

N icholas Conn’s obsession with toilet seats began in 2014, when he was an engineering PhD student at the Rochester Institute of Technology applying for funding to develop in-home medical monitoring ...

Alumnus Nick Conn’s vision for a one-of-a-kind smart toilet seat that will improve the health of people around the world has made giant leaps toward becoming a reality with the help of one of RIT’s ...

America is aging rapidly. In the next 40 years, the number of people age 65 and older is expected to nearly double. Of these older Americans, more than 80% will have some form of heart disease.

Q: In last week’s column, you discussed basic, nonelectric bidet toilet seats. I found this interesting since I plan to buy a washing seat. But can you go into more detail about high-end bidet seats?

A man is dead, and another is injured and in custody after a shooting at a gas station parking lot, according to Roanoke police. 1 arrested following vehicle pursuit in Lynchburg, police say One ...