Sleep Sensor Includes Blood Oxygen [video]

Sleep Sensor Includes Blood Oxygen [video]

One of the recurring themes here on Health Tech Insider is that the path for success for wearable devices is to add features and do more. Take sleep sensors as an example. Most of them track your motion while you sleep, and some will also track heart rate. From this...
Heart Rate May Predict Fertility

Heart Rate May Predict Fertility

Many couples across the U.S. and around the world want to have children but they struggle with getting pregnant. There are many products that purport to detect peak fertility for prospective mothers, but many — such as basal temperature systems — are...
AR Lets Surgeons See Inside Patients

AR Lets Surgeons See Inside Patients

One of the most revolutionary advances in medical practice is the development of minimally invasive surgery. These procedures rely on one or more tiny incisions, through which trocars (similar to catheters) are inserted that can deliver tiny cameras (laparoscopes and...
Telemedicine Heads to Sea

Telemedicine Heads to Sea

Telemedicine helps deliver medical care to under-served populations. We tend to think of under-developed regions or sparsely populated rural areas as being the primary targets for these services, but there’s another population that can benefit from remote access...