Wristband Wearable Detects Opioid Overdose

by Bruce Brown | December 27, 2018 | Health

Opioid overdoses continue to tear apart our communities. There were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the U.S in 2017, according to the CDC, of which 47,600 were opioid overdoses. West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Kentucky had the highest rates of...

Telehealth Increases Access, Reduces Wait Time and Cost

by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2018 | Health

Telemedicine in its various forms was one of our most frequent topics on Health Tech Insider during 2018. News about related topics seem to pop up weekly: remote patient and physician access via telephone, text, video conferencing, store-and-forward, and cloud data...

Wearable for Dogs Tracks Multiple Health Factors [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 21, 2018 | Fitness, Health

The latest figures on overweight and obese adults prove once again that dogs and their owners are often alike. Overall, 70.2% of adult men and women in the U.S. were overweight or obese in 2013-2014 according to the CDC and the National Institute of Diabetes and...

Hybrid Smartwatch Has an Analog Face [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2018 | Health

Bellabeat’s recently launched Time smartwatch offers three noteworthy features besides its health-related technical features. Time is a hybrid analog and digital smartwatch developed and manufactured for women by a women-owned company. It also looks like...

AI App Combines Disciplines to Reduce COPD Symptoms

by Bruce Brown | December 11, 2018 | Health

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — including emphysema and chronic bronchitis — is a group of diseases related to breathing difficulties or restricted airflow. There is no cure for COPD, but the symptoms can improve with treatment....

Weight Lifting Reduces Heart Attack Risk

by Bruce Brown | December 10, 2018 | Health

Heart disease remains the most common cause of death in the U.S., according to the CDC. That deadly toll accounts for one in four American deaths each year: about 610,000 annually. We’ve written about smartwatches designed to warn of heart attacks and...