by Bruce Brown | October 2, 2018 | General News, Health
First, they counted steps. Then fitness trackers gained additional types of exercise monitoring and record-keeping, followed by biometrics. Today wrist-borne activity wearables are stepping up to address the needs of enterprises that seek packaged solutions to...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
At Health Tech Insider, we typically post articles about individual projects, products, or research reports. We also generate all of our own content; we don’t publish submitted articles. So this article is a bit of a departure from our normal editorial scope. We...
by Alfred Poor | September 26, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
Just over four years ago, Health Tech Insider was launched. Our mission has evolved and been refined over those years, but in the final analysis we continue to cover wearable and mobile devices for health and medical applications, along with the supporting...
by Bruce Brown | September 25, 2018 | General News, Health
With groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending that infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six months or longer, it’s no wonder the rates of breastfed babies have risen dramatically in...
by Alfred Poor | September 20, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
This week, I had the good fortune to attend the North American Healthcare Forum 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. The event was hosted by Enterprise Ireland, a government organization that helps Irish companies grow and develop world markets. This particular event brought key...
by Bruce Brown | September 18, 2018 | General News, Health
As markets mature, many companies and brands cycle in and out of prominence while other ventures merge or are acquired by others. Unfortunately, some firms disappear from the market. And then there is Withings. We’ve followed Withings from its first entries in...