A Smartphone Can Serve as Electronic Stethoscope [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2022 | Health, Medical

We’ve covered a range of smart stethoscope devices and applications, such as Eko Connect smart stethoscopes and StethoMe’s wireless stethoscope. We also wrote about ResApp Health’s smartphone app, ResApp, developed to differentiate between types of...

Hand Tremors Reduced by Wrist-Worn Stimulator [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 17, 2022 | Health, Medical

Transcutaneous neurostimulation with wearables continues to find new healthcare applications. We’ve written about neurostimulation to help with migraine headaches, tinnitus, and a range of other applications, especially in pain management.Cala Health is a...

A New Chest Strap Heart Monitor Challenges Wrist-Worn Wearables

by William McCleary | October 17, 2022 | Health

They’re calling it “the world’s first smart heart wearable.” A big claim from the health-tech company Fourth Frontier for its Frontier X2 device, which takes the idea of ECG sensors found in smartwatches such as the Apple Watch and the Google Pixel...

Sleep Better with Amazon Halo Rise Smart Light

by Bruce Brown | October 13, 2022 | Health

This year the American Heart Association (AHA) added sleep to its list of behaviors and factors that can lessen a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease. We’ve covered a range of digital health technologies that track sleep and help improve sleep such as...

The FDA and VA Team Up to Advance Health Tech

by William McCleary | October 12, 2022 | Health, Medical

The FDA and the VA have a new MOU — and it spells good things for emerging health tech. This new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a joint effort between the two...

Instacart Health Serves a Nutritional Support Cornucopia [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2022 | Health

Instacart, the largest U.S. grocery shopping and delivery service, recently announced Instacart Health: an online platform with multiple services, tools, and partnerships to improve people’s health through nutritional eating. Citing 2022 USDA statistics,...