by Bruce Brown | October 8, 2018 | General News, Health
Hearing impairment rates for U.S. adults vary significantly with age, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders. For example, while only 2% of adults aged 45 to 54 have a disabling hearing loss, the rates climb to 8.5% for ages...
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by Bruce Brown | October 5, 2018 | General News, Health
The incidence of high blood pressure among U.S. adults would be astounding if the correlations with poor lifestyle choices weren’t so clear. Obesity, poor nutrition, and inadequate exercise are all too common among adults, and they relate directly with unhealthy...
by Bruce Brown | October 5, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
The Holy Grail for wearable technology may well be a reliable way to measure blood pressure without using a pressure cuff or similar device. A dependable and accurate system would be valuable for constant remote patient monitoring, both in clinical settings and at...
by Bruce Brown | October 3, 2018 | General News, Medical
Augmented reality (AR) applications in health and wellness abound. From helping the blind navigate to gamifying interaction for people on the autism spectrum to helping people with Parkinson’s Disease, AR is there. When you can supplement real-world...
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by Bruce Brown | October 2, 2018 | General News, Health
First, they counted steps. Then fitness trackers gained additional types of exercise monitoring and record-keeping, followed by biometrics. Today wrist-borne activity wearables are stepping up to address the needs of enterprises that seek packaged solutions to...
