by Bruce Brown | August 23, 2016 | General News, Health
Passive wearable health tech to sense, measure, monitor, and store data may be useful in addressing anxiety problems. Researchers at the Lancaster University’s School of Computing and Communications, however, took a new approach. Rather than use a device...
by Bruce Brown | August 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
King’s Health Partners estimates that one in three adults in the U.K. currently prediabetic. These people are at a greater than average risk of developing Type II diabetes. The group totals about 15.4 million people. Today in the U.K. Type II diabetes results in...
by Bruce Brown | August 19, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Earlier this year we wrote about a collaboration between Cambridge Cognition and Ctrl Group to develop “apps using a wearable device to monitor real-time activity, sleep, communication, media habits, and more.” Well, they’ve done it. Called the...
by Bruce Brown | August 18, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Traditional imaging technologies require the subject to lie as still as possible. The payoff is in the form of highly detailed images of the inner structures of whatever is scanned. Unfortunately, this means that it is not possible to scan body parts while the person...
by Bruce Brown | August 17, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Type I and Type II diabetics who need to test blood glucose levels daily typically have to take the readings from two to eight times a day. Getting accurate readings, keeping track of readings over time, and sharing the information with caregivers take time and...