Dedicated iPad Uses AI to Screen for Skin Cancer

Dedicated iPad Uses AI to Screen for Skin Cancer

Physicians will diagnose more than 100,000 new melanomas among people in the U.S. this year, and about nearly 7,000 people will die from malignant skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. We’ve written several times about the role artificial...
Do Fitness Trackers Induce Anxiety? Maybe. Maybe Not.

Do Fitness Trackers Induce Anxiety? Maybe. Maybe Not.

It’s not overstating to assert that step counters and fitness trackers have gained traction worldwide. In 2018, manufacturers reported slightly more than 70 million fitness and activity trackers shipped worldwide, according to Statistica. Fitness wearable...
Full Face Mask: Fashion Design or Effective Disguise?

Full Face Mask: Fashion Design or Effective Disguise?

After the initial shortage of protective face masks in the fight against the COVID-19 virus, consumers now have many mask choices. Surgical masks, NIOSH-approved N95 masks, and a variety of cloth masks are readily available in a wide range of prices. We’ve also...
Come Together, But Not Too Close [video]

Come Together, But Not Too Close [video]

Pre-pandemic, it would have been hard to imagine that 2020 would see a raft of new products to protect people’s health by keeping them apart. Today, however, social distancing is a new term to describe a key prophylactic measure to prevent — or at least...