by Bruce Brown | October 16, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
As relatively new technologies, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have caught on quickly for medical and wellness applications. We’ve written about VR-assisted training for amblyopia in Slovakia and physical therapy gamification in Israel....
by Alfred Poor | August 10, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
Wearables for fitness and health are becoming commonplace. I often notice a smartwatch or fitness band on others I meet on a typical day. According to IDC, unit sales of these devices are predicted to grow over the next four years. It may be surprising to find that...
by Bruce Brown | May 24, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
Incentivized health and wellness programs are a big hit with employers and employees. Nine out of ten employers offered wellness programs with some form of incentive as of the middle of 2017, according to Wex Health. In January 2019 incentive plan tax advantages are...
by Alfred Poor | March 21, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
Back in the dark ages of direct mail (when people used to write paper letters and we shopped using printed mail order catalogs), people railed against “junk mail” just like they do today. Only back then they complained about wasting trees; now they...
by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
Patient noncompliance with prescribed medication or recommended health plans threatens recovery and health improvement programs all too often. According to a Johns Hopkins University study of adherence and health care costs, between 25% and 50% of patients do not...
by Alfred Poor | February 8, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
3,900 exhibitors. 2.75 million feet of exhibit space. It should come as little surprise that I covered more than 89,000 steps at CES 2018. This annual conference in Las Vegas has become the primary show for wearable and mobile devices for health and medical...
