New Smart Patch Analyzes Sweat to Track Stress

New Smart Patch Analyzes Sweat to Track Stress

Who knew sweat could be such a big deal? Looking back through our coverage here on Health Tech Insider, in 2020 alone we wrote about five technologies that monitor sweat to measure drug levels at UCLA and the Stanford School of Medicine, pH at National Univerity of...
Pandemic Drives Mental Health Use of Telehealth

Pandemic Drives Mental Health Use of Telehealth

It’s fair to state that COVID-19 caught the world’s healthcare systems unprepared to react quickly enough to the highly contagious virus. In the past few months, Health Tech Insider’s wearable and health tech coverage has covered several new health...
Reduce Stress with a Heartbeat

Reduce Stress with a Heartbeat

As we’ve often pointed out, one side-effect of the opioid crisis is that more and more people are turning to non-chemical solutions for health and medical problems. Many people are looking for ways to reduce their feelings of stress in their busy lives, but...
Muse 2 Adds Sensors to Support Meditation

Muse 2 Adds Sensors to Support Meditation

Mindfulness practices in the workplace result in improved health and lower employers costs, according to original research supported by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, published by the CDC. According to...