by William McCleary | July 25, 2022 | Medical
As the world settles into life with COVID-19, treatment is becoming ever more important to stave off serious illnesses and hospitalizations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized three COVID-19 treatments: monoclonal antibodies, Paxlovid, and...
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by William McCleary | July 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Not all Kickstarter campaigns are equal. A brush that lets you lick your cat? A “BarfSuit” with a built-in sick bag? A fan-cooled spoon? They’re all real campaigns. And then there are Kickstarter campaigns backed by clinical trials, such as Tully’s...
![Artificial Muscles Can Outperform Biological Ones [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/ucla-artifical-muscles.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by William McCleary | July 20, 2022 | Enabling Tech
It looks like we’ve gotten one step closer to science fiction becoming reality with a team from UCLA and the research institute SRI International creating artificial muscles that outperform human ones. Researchers say the new material is up to 10 times more...
![Ultrahuman Rings Looks to Be the Future of Fitness [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/ultrahuman-ring.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by William McCleary | July 18, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health
Following the footsteps of popular smart rings such as the Movano Ring and the Oura Ring, the Indian fitness platform Ultrahuman is looking to enter the niche wearable market with what it calls “the world’s first metabolism tracking ring.” According...
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by William McCleary | July 15, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Globally, the needs of people with amputations are greater than one might assume. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington and Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands estimates that there are close to 60 million people living with...
