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by William McCleary | November 9, 2022 | Enabling Tech
One might be tempted to believe that “one size fits all” applies to face masks, but most of us know that not to be true. And ill-fitting face masks can greatly increase the risk of both transmitting and contracting airborne diseases, as they allow aerosols...
by William McCleary | November 7, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Can one’s fitness tracker gauge their risk of death over years? It seems so. That’s the overall finding from a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois that employed around 100,000 participants in the UK Biobank, a massive biomedical...
by William McCleary | November 4, 2022 | Medical
A vast desert landscape with few major cities, Australia’s Northern Territory is sparsely populated; over 75% of its Aboriginal population lives in “remote or very remote areas.” Many of Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders also live far from...
by William McCleary | November 2, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Even though it’s inextricably tied to one’s overall health and well-being, oral health is often a less-considered aspect of healthcare. And that’s a problem, compounded by the fact that dental insurance is expensive and thus inaccessible for many...
by William McCleary | October 31, 2022 | Medical
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared them. And now the private sector may be going all in on digital therapeutics (DTx). At least that looks like the direction we’re headed with the latest move from Highmark, a Pittsburgh-based insurer that serves...
