Tiny Sandal Saves Infant Lives [video]

Tiny Sandal Saves Infant Lives [video]

Apnea is a condition in which the subject stops breathing. Most people are familiar with it in adults, especially as associated with snoring during sleep. However, most babies born at less that 35 weeks have periods where they stop breathing, which can result in a...
Touchless Vital Sign Monitoring [video]

Touchless Vital Sign Monitoring [video]

  Ordinarily on Health Tech Insider, we write about new or emerging technology related to health or medical application that you wear, carry, hold, sometimes ingest, and occasionally have implanted. This is not one of those articles. In fact, the appeal of this...
Light Can Help Save Premature Babies

Light Can Help Save Premature Babies

Why is the ocean blue? And what does that have to do with premature babies? The ocean is blue because water acts like a color filter, absorbing the red portion of the spectrum, and reflecting back shades of blue. The fact that different substances absorb different...
Smart Bottle Monitors Infant Feeding

Smart Bottle Monitors Infant Feeding

When a baby is born prematurely or with certain physical conditions, he or she may be unable to suck and swallow sufficiently to be fed by bottle or breast feeding. Making the transition from a feeding tube to normal oral feeding is typically a matter of trial and...