Sleep Program Studies Wearable Tracking Impact

by Bruce Brown | April 2, 2018 | General News, Health

Are you reading this article in the middle of the night because you can’t sleep? If that’s the case, you are not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one-third of American adults report they don’t get enough...

Stored Brain Waves Can Reconstruct Images [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

  How long does it take to make a good impression? According to new research from the University of Toronto at Scarborough, the correct answer is about 170 milliseconds or 0.17 seconds. Neuroscientists in Assistant Professor Adrian Nestor’s laboratory at...

Selfie App Screens for Pancreatic Cancer [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 29, 2018 | General News, Health

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network reported good news last year: the 5-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with the disease increased from 6% to 9%. Because pancreatic cancer is asymptomatic in early stages, most cases metastasize before diagnosis. In the same...

KardiaBand Validated for Both AFib and Hyperkalemia Detection

by Bruce Brown | March 28, 2018 | General News, Health

AliveCor’s KardiaBand scored twice in recent clinical studies. It’s uncommon for us to cover the same product twice in the same year, let alone the same calendar quarter. Here’s one of those exceptions that prove the rule. We wrote about the afib...

Virtual Assistants Allow Docs More Patient Time [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2018 | General News, Medical

Doctors don’t become doctors so they can fill out forms. Hundreds of thousands of physicians, nurses, and other clinical staff log massive amounts of time with documentation at the cost of patient time. The actual time spent on paper instead of with patients...

Study Shows Sensor Patch Detects AFib Better

by Alfred Poor | March 26, 2018 | General News, Medical

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common chronic heart condition characterized by an irregular heartbeat. According to CDC, about six million people in the U.S. have AFib; one in three will experience a stroke and one in four will have heart failure. Early diagnosis and...