Digital Therapeutics Help People With PTSD and Panic Disorder [video]

by William McCleary | December 6, 2022 | Health, Medical

Heart palpitations. Shortness of breath. Dizziness and overwhelming waves of intense fear. These are some of the sensations that people with panic disorder face in their everyday lives, with unsettling episodes that come on without notice or identifiable triggers. And...

One Platform Aims to Gather All Biometric Data

by William McCleary | December 5, 2022 | Health, Medical

In the Tower of Babel built by all the wearable devices collecting biometric data, one platform is trying to pull all of it into a single platform. Vivalink is integrating physiological data from a range of wearables into its Biometrics Data Platform. Devices...

New Study Shows That Telehealth Support Reduces Blood Pressure

by Bruce Brown | December 1, 2022 | Health, Medical

A Geisinger nephrologist recently published the results of a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The report showed that remote telehealth support helped reduce blood pressure. According to Alexander Chang, M.D., the primary author, “These...

Digital-First Healthcare System Now Hands Out Fitbit Trackers

by William McCleary | November 30, 2022 | Health, Medical

Babylon Health is getting behind Fitbits in a big way. The London-based digital-first healthcare provider is giving the popular activity trackers to a select number of its around 20 million members in 15 countries. While Babylon hasn’t laid out the criteria for...

New Low-Cost System Uses a Smartphone to Screen Infant Hearing

by Bruce Brown | November 29, 2022 | Health

We often write about hearables and hearing aid technologies for adults. But what about infants? The U.S. and other countries with strong economies already test new newborn hearing, but that’s not the case in poorer countries largely because in-hospital hearing...

New Mental Healthcare Solution for Companies and Employees 

by Unber Shafiq | November 24, 2022 | Health

A year following its merger with Ginger, Headspace Health has launched another streamlined product experience that marries meditation and mindfulness solutions with Ginger’s sought-after coaching, counseling, and psychiatric services. Businesses continue to see...