Digital Coach for Preteen Social Confidence

Digital Coach for Preteen Social Confidence

Conversation can be a powerful tool in a healthcare professional’s kit. We’ve all had nurses and physicians ask us to tell them what’s wrong, describe out symptoms, assign a number to our pain level, and answer whether it hurts when they “do...
Smart Insoles Show the Way Home

Smart Insoles Show the Way Home

Whether you’re light on your feet, fast on your feet, or just grateful to be on your feet, there are times when anyone could benefit from location and movement guidance. We’ve written about E-vone’s smart footwear that detects and reports falls,...
Smart Cycling Helmet Calls for Help

Smart Cycling Helmet Calls for Help

Smart helmets can protect against injury, track locations, monitor for impact, and more. We wrote about a football helmet that monitors impact severity that could result in traumatic brain injury and a connected motorcycle helmet light that detects falls and...
App-Driven EStim Controls Acute Migraines

App-Driven EStim Controls Acute Migraines

Migraine is a neurological disease that affects 12% of the population, worldwide according to the Migraine Research Foundation. Pharmaceutical treatments for migraine range from over-the-counter acetaminophen to antidepressants. We’ve written several times about...
Compression Sleeves Speed Recovery [video]

Compression Sleeves Speed Recovery [video]

If you have been admitted to a hospital recently, there’s a good chance that your lower legs got wrapped in plastic contraptions hooked up to a pneumatic device at the foot of your bed. These wraps apply rhythmic pressure to maintain good circulation in your...
FDA Gives the Nod for AliveCor’s 6-Lead ECG

FDA Gives the Nod for AliveCor’s 6-Lead ECG

Personal electrocardiogram (ECG) devices provide a view of the heart to help patients and physicians detect arrhythmia and other conditions. With ECGs, the more information the better, which translates to viewing the heart’s electrical activity from a greater...