CES 2023: Shed Stress with a Pod Session [video]

CES 2023: Shed Stress with a Pod Session [video]

Eustress, or good stress, helps us stay productive, engage in work and family activities, and focus our energy. Malstress, the bad kind, can have the opposite effects. When malstress is bad enough, it can lead to severe mental health issues primarily associated with...
Donate Meals for Free With Your Exercise

Donate Meals for Free With Your Exercise

Are you looking for a new way to stay motivated for healthy daily exercise? Use San Diego-based Vizer’s eponymous mobile app and you can convert your daily workouts into meal donations at U.S. food banks. You can also win rewards with the same good habits. The...
CDC Maps Couch Potatoes by State

CDC Maps Couch Potatoes by State

It should come as no surprise that obesity is a major problem for residents of the U.S. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2016 40% of adults 20 or older were obese. This is based on a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or more. In addition, another...
Wearable Automates Impacted Earwax Removal

Wearable Automates Impacted Earwax Removal

Impacted earwax is a common condition among adults — especially seniors — according to Healthline. Pain from built-up earwax prompts many people to see their physician to have the excess wax removed. Blocked ears can result in dizziness and loss of...
Employee Exercise: Carrot or Stick?

Employee Exercise: Carrot or Stick?

One of the themes that we repeat here at Health Tech Insider is our market analysis that the wearables market is shifting. Instead of selling single units to individual consumers, companies will sell tens or hundreds (or thousands) of units at a time to large...