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by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2020 | Health
Fitness trackers have evolved far beyond just counting steps. Last fall, market leader Fitbit announced CE approval to use the FibriCheck heart rhythm tracking app to monitor and share the measurements with physicians. Readings from the FibriCheck application with the...
by Bruce Brown | March 2, 2020 | Medical
Patients who have an initial psychotic episode generally have good response rates to antipsychotic injection treatments, according to a 2015 study. Treatment success odds correlate with the time lapse between the onset of psychotic symptoms and treatment. The less...
by Bruce Brown | February 28, 2020 | Medical
Heart failure patients who are hospitalized then discharged are readmitted to the hospital at alarmingly high rates. According to the CDC, 17.3% of such patients are readmitted within 30 days. A study by the University of Utah Health reports 30% of discharged heart...
by Bruce Brown | February 27, 2020 | Health
Wearable electroencephalograms (EEGs) aren’t new, but most portable brainwave recording devices to date have focused on helping wearers improve relaxation, mindfulness, or sleep quality while sitting or lying down. Interaxon’s Muse may be the best-known...
by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2020 | Medical
Teva Phamaceutical’s Teva Respiratory, LLC scored again this week with its DigiHaler digital inhaler. We wrote about the ProAir Digihaler last fall when the FDA cleared the albuterol sulfate inhaler for use in patients 4 years of age and older to treat or...
