Thermal Image Sensing Tracks 3D Hand Positions [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 4, 2020 | Enabling Tech, General News

Researchers at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison working together at Cornell’s SciFi Lab developed FingerTrak, a potentially breakthrough wearable that tracks human hand motion in 3D. The SciFi Lab is a new interdisciplinary lab...

Video Game Improves “Chemobrain” [video]

by Amantha May | August 3, 2020 | General News, Health

Three out of four breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy experience a decline in cognition. Thirty-five percent of those patients continue to experience cognitive dysfunction after chemotherapy ends. A recently published research paper demonstrates that...

Free Online Group Therapy

by Amantha May | July 31, 2020 | General News, Health

According to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 45% of adults in the United States feel that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their mental health. In response to this growing mental health crisis, Hims, Inc. a disruptive telehealth company, is now...

Computer Company Launches Remote Care Service

by Alfred Poor | July 6, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

As we’ve said here frequently, the virus crisis has accelerated changes throughout the U.S. and the world. In most cases, these changes were already underway but the response to the pandemic has made those changes happen even faster. Telehealth and remote...

MedStartr War on COVID Startup Challenge [video]

by Amantha May | June 12, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

Entrepreneurs with innovative COVID-19 solutions have an opportunity to win investments and business services in MedStartr’s latest crowd challenge. MedStartr, a funding platform supporting healthcare startups, holds its War on COVID virtual pitch showcase on June 24,...

Samsung Watch Cleared for ECG in South Korea

by Amantha May | June 10, 2020 | General News, Health

I’m a healthy, active adult, but my doctor insists that I monitor my heart rate when I exercise. Why? Because I have a congenital heart defect that puts me at risk for atrial fibrillation, or Afib. This abnormal heart rhythm affects an estimated 33.5 million people...