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by Bruce Brown | February 27, 2019 | Enabling Tech
We write about new developments for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes nearly every week. Diabetes continues to increase worldwide; people continue to resist the lifestyle changes that can prevent or lessen the effects of diabetes. New medical technology have the...
by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2019 | Medical
Computer security threats to healthcare continue apace; attackers target electronic health records, telemedicine, and patient portals. Last year we covered eSentire’s report that the healthcare industry was facing a growing cyber threat, especially with...
by Bruce Brown | February 25, 2019 | Health
What if we could drop the need for layered clothing to add or shed when the air temperature changes? We write fairly often about developments in smart clothing with embedded biometric sensors in which the garments play a literally supporting role as transport...
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by Bruce Brown | February 22, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Worldwide, patients have more than one million plus pacemakers and 200,000 plus defibrillators implanted each year. Current technology requires follow-up surgery to replace batteries as needed, typically every five to 10 years. In the past four years, we’ve...
by Bruce Brown | February 21, 2019 | Health
Advances in diabetes management is always big news due to the prevalence of the disease. The CDC’s latest (2017) report states that 30.2 million U.S. adults had diabetes, including 7.2 million, who were unaware of having the disease or not getting treatment. The...
