by Kimberly Houston | October 26, 2017 | General News, Health
According to a recent article published by the University of Leeds, 300,000 patients a year in England get hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), which leads to increased treatment costs and threats to patient safety. Hospital doors are one of the biggest culprits of...
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by Bruce Brown | October 24, 2017 | General News, Health
We focus on wearable health tech for humans on Health Tech Insider, but health technology moves forward for livestock and pets as well. Waggit, a new multi-purpose wearable for dogs, is currently in Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. We’ve written about health...
by Kimberly Houston | October 24, 2017 | General News, Health
According to The National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 16.1 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2015. If not treated effectively, depression can become a chronic disease. Medication and therapy...
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by Bruce Brown | October 23, 2017 | General News, Health
Skin cancer — specifically melanoma of the skin — is the most prevalent form of cancer in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Citing the most recent annual statistics, the CDC reports 76,665 people in the U.S. were...
by Bruce Brown | October 20, 2017 | General News, Health
The focus on wearable health tech started with the hardware before shifting to the software, as is often the case with new technology. With personal computers in the early to mid 80s, for example, the key question for most people was what brand machine to buy, not...
by Bruce Brown | October 19, 2017 | General News, Health
Do you really want to know how you and a significant other match up genetically? How concerned are you about learning ahead of time traits your offspring will likely express? If your answers to the previous questions are “Yes” and “Quite...
