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by Bruce Brown | September 29, 2017 | General News, Health
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a versatile and powerful biometric. Wearable health tech companies rushed to create HRV monitors in many form factors. We wrote about Emfit Limited’s Emfit QS that unrolls and claims to measure HRV accurately through your mattress while...
![MIT Tests Autonomous Wheelchair [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/SMART-wheelchair.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | September 26, 2017 | General News, Health
Autonomous cars and trucks are capturing lots of media attention, but for people with limited mobility, the “last mile” problem remains. For those unable to move about on their own in a wheelchair, they have no way to move independently from their home to...
![Multi-modal Holistic Health App Targets Back Pain [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/Kaia-health-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | September 25, 2017 | General News, Health
Back pain is a widespread condition that can be chronic for many people, and for some others, it can be quite profitable. According to the American Spinal Decompression Association, 20 to 30% of adults in the U.S. suffer from back pain at any given time. During our...
by Alfred Poor | September 25, 2017 | General News, Health
The number of U.S. seniors aged 65 or older topped 50 million in November 2016. By 2020, this number is expected to grow to nearly 55 million. According to AARP, about 34 million people in the U.S. provided unpaid care to adults aged 50 or older in 2015. Our country...
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by Bruce Brown | September 21, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve written about eyeglasses as wearable Health Tech several times in the past few years. For example, prescription glasses from VSP have integrated biometric sensors to track activity, movement, drowsiness, and other indicators. We wrote about Orcam’s...
by Alfred Poor | September 21, 2017 | General News, Health
As the saying goes, “Mind over matter; if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” It’s an admirable sentiment, but difficult to put into practice when you’re trying to cope with chronic pain. As a result, people in the U.S. often rely...
