by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2017 | General News, Health
Wearables that produce clinical-grade data cannot play significant roles in wellness programs and chronic condition care plans if patients don’t wear them as prescribed. According to a report by the American College of Preventive Medicine,...
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by Bruce Brown | September 18, 2017 | General News, Health
According to the World Health Organization, 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired. Of that number 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. South Korean Dot, Inc. builds apps and electronic devices that display information in Braille for...
by Alfred Poor | September 18, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
“Follow the money.” Wearable devices for Health Tech applications can be highly effective at lowering healthcare costs, but the fact is that individuals rarely benefit directly from those savings. If wearables are to take off on a large scale, it will be...
by Bruce Brown | September 15, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Most fitness and Health Tech wearables start with a defined problem, then identify an objectively measurable biometric that serves a specific purpose related to the problem. For example, for hypertension, measure blood pressure. Concerned about heart health? Monitor...
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by Bruce Brown | September 13, 2017 | General News, Health
The LCD pedometer was one of the earliest digital wearable fitness and health tech devices. It did one thing: It displayed a running count of steps… or what it interpreted as steps. Fitness wrist bands were next. With the onslaught of smartphones with Bluetooth,...
by Alfred Poor | September 13, 2017 | General News, Health
Some people are paraplegics as the result of trauma to the spine. Their body still is capable of functioning, but the line of communications with the brain has been broken. Some researchers are trying to find ways to reconnect those broken connections. Others are...
