![Single Device Gives Both TENS and EMS Treatments [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/MyTENS-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2016 | General News, Medical
Electrical stimulation (e-stim) devices have different purposes. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) devices relieve muscle pain and tension by stimulating nerve pathways. Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) units relax, build, and strengthen muscles by...
![Smart Prosthetic Limb Components Work Together [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Endolite-Linx-limb-600x278.jpg?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2016 | General News, Medical
Movement, balance, gait, walking speed, energy expenditure, and endurance all factor in lower limb prosthetics. We’ve previously covered a bionic leg that produces normal gait by controlling ankle-foot movement. Endolite’s Linx goes further with a fully...
![Portable and Affordable Wireless TENS device [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Painmate-with-video-600x276.jpg?resize=600%2C276)
by Bruce Brown | November 4, 2016 | General News, Health
If you’ve ever thought it would be nice to have your own TENS machine, Australia-based Evomed sells a lightweight, portable, inexpensive model called Painmate that doesn’t require the awkward wires used in some other models. While there are many other...
![Light Treatment for Menstrual Pain [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Color-7-Stress-Free-Menstrual-Pain-Relief-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2016 | General News, Health
Korean firm Color Seven has developed a wearable device to relieve menstrual pain using low-level light stimulation called Woman Stress Free. Menstrual pain often afflicts women and girls, but the intensity and impact on quality of life vary widely. A cross-sectioned...
![Track Basal Body Temperature to Monitor Female Hormone Levels [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Femometer-with-video-600x272.jpg?resize=600%2C272)
by Bruce Brown | November 2, 2016 | General News, Health
Basal body temperature changes yield a lot of information about female hormone levels. According to Bongmi, Inc., the company that makes the Femometer, hormone changes two or three days after ovulation can cause a rise in basal body temperature (BBT) from 0.4 to 1.0...
