Kid’s Wellness Bands Lets Parents Monitor Health [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 1, 2017 | General News, Health

Wearable Health Tech for young children typically focuses on monitoring vital signs of sick kids. Another use case is a wearable that tracks health records in remote areas in the world where healthcare is intermittent and parents may not understand or value regular...

Fashion Accessory Filters Bad Air [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2017 | General News, Health

Most humans breathe bad air. 92% of the world population lives in places where the air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ambient Air Quality Guidelines, according to a September 2016 WHO report. The WHO guidelines refer to annual mean...

New Healthcare Models Deliver Savings

by Alfred Poor | May 30, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

We write many articles about how technology is disrupting traditional healthcare models, improving outcomes while lowering costs.The problem is that these gains need to be more than just theory; we need to see documented cases where disruptive technology is having a...

Hypertension Monitoring Devices Continue to Evolve [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 29, 2017 | General News, Health

High blood pressure is tragically common in the U.S., where 75 million or 1 of every 3 adults has the condition according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People with high blood pressure — or hypertension — are at greater risk of...

Stanford Study Reveals Tracker Band Flaws

by Alfred Poor | May 29, 2017 | General News, Health

The task of measuring events, such as heartbeats, is relatively straightforward. When you try to infer information from a combination of measurements, however, it gets a bit trickier. It is possible that you end up missing key factors that are required in order to...

Sit-Stand Wheelchairs Give Riders Options [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 25, 2017 | General News, Health

According to the National Institutes of Health, 2.2 million people in the U.S. depend on a wheelchair for day-to-day tasks and mobility. By far the large majority (90%) of wheelchair users have manual wheelchairs. Most wheelchair users are not able to stand...