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by Bruce Brown | September 8, 2020 | General News, Health
The scourge of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) continues to blind, maim, and cause premature death for a growing number of people worldwide. From 2000 to 2016, diabetes caused a 5% increase in premature mortality, according to the World Health Organization. During that period,...
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by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2020 | General News, Health
Exoskeletons play increasingly important roles in prosthetics, rehabilitation, and industrial worker augmentation and assistance. Last year FutureWise predicted exoskeletons would become a $4 billion industry by the end of 2026. In June, we wrote about...
by Bruce Brown | September 4, 2020 | Health
After two months of study with more than 100,000 Fitbit users in the trial and 1000+ positive COVID-19 virus reports, Fitbit has released preliminary results from its early disease detection work. The wearables company experts are employing machine learning and...
by Bruce Brown | September 3, 2020 | Medical
We’ve written about hearable technology for several years. I’ve also been able to personally try a select number shipping over-the-counter hearing assistance devices, including Nuheara’s IQ Buds and IQ Buds Boost, Olive Health’s Olive, and Wear...
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by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2020 | General News, Medical
We frequently write about technology components in health and medicine, including enabling technologies that support other devices or platforms. Biometrics sensors used with artificial intelligence machine learning crop up increasingly in studies that demonstrate...
