by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2021 | Health
I’m pretty sure we’ll never see a clinical study that substantiates the effectiveness of Axel Glade’s Spade smart ear wax remover. As a practical matter, however, digging into our ears to free up clogged or accumulated ear wax with cotton swabs,...
by Bruce Brown | July 15, 2021 | Medical
Continuous vital sign monitoring that produces clinical-grade data while wearers go about their daily lives is a shiny brass ring for the wearable technology industry. We’ve argued in the past that passive devices that track data with no active user involvement...
by Bruce Brown | July 13, 2021 | Health
We are always eager to check out new hearable devices. We expect to be blown away by new AI features in traditional full-powered hearing aids that are prescribed, sold, and serviced by audiologists: the type of products that typically cost $2,000 and up, per ear. We...
by Bruce Brown | July 12, 2021 | Health
Consumer health and wellness reference monolith WebMD recently announced that the information-as-a-service company acquired ADDitude. We don’t mean WebMD is getting haughty. ADDitude is an information reference, support, and encouragement resource for people who...
by Bruce Brown | July 2, 2021 | Medical
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine are major themes in our health tech coverage these days. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telemedicine adoption, but we have been writing about telemonitoring and telehealth applications since 2014. Essence SmartCare...