by Alfred Poor | October 31, 2018 | Fitness, General News, Health
The life insurance giant John Hancock made headlines last month with the announcement of a new approach to the policies it was offering customers. Reuters published a story stating that the company “will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead...
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by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2018 | General News, Health
“Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.” The famous saying also applies to medical equipment, it appears. Customized physical supports are expensive to purchase and can take a long time to produce. Or you can buy a 3D printer and create your...
by Bruce Brown | October 24, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
New healthcare technology faces many challenges, with cybersecurity threats right at the top. It’s not enough that new tech produces clinically valid data, works well with existing systems and protocols, and meets affordability and ease of use requirements. If...
by Bruce Brown | October 23, 2018 | General News, Health
The CDC reported that in 2015 there were approximately 45 million adults aged 65 or older in the U.S.: about 14% of the population. That number is expected to grow to 80 million — or 20% of the population — by 2050. We’ve written about a variety of...
by Bruce Brown | October 19, 2018 | General News, Health
We don’t usually cover patents in Health Tech Insider; there’s little likelihood that any given patent ever will result in a commercial product. But digital voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri are training consumers to...
by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2018 | General News, Health
New products with claimed medical applications need to clear FDA hurdles to be marketed and sold in the U.S. Products that purport to measure biomarkers with previously untested technologies face extra scrutiny. Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an optical technique used...
