Aetna to Provide Apple Watches to Customers

by Alfred Poor | October 21, 2016 | General News, Health

The “quantified self” strategy only works if you have a way to quantify the self. Wearables — including smart watches — offer a handy way to collect such data, but these tend to be fairly expensive and not everyone sees them as a necessity that...

Monitor Heart Rate Variability While Sleeping [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 19, 2016 | General News, Health

Sleep monitoring can reveal much more information about our health and physical condition than we might suspect. A doctor’s typical questions, “How many hours do you sleep each night?” and “How often do you get up to go to the bathroom in the...

Monitor Your Home’s Vital Signs with Netatmo Healthy Home Coach [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2016 | General News, Health

Most of the Health Tech we write about, especially the wearable devices, use biometric sensors to measure, track, and report individual metrics. Some devices monitor one measure, such as blood glucose, body temperature, or heart rate. Other units use multiple sensors...

Wristband Designed for Accurate Heart Measurements

by Alfred Poor | October 17, 2016 | General News, Health

Does the world need another smart wrist band? The developers at Rooti Labs in Taiwan think so. They have developed the W/Me2, a band with the primary goal of accurately measuring the wearer’s heart rate. At face value, this may not seem to be a lofty goal. After...

VGo Remote Student Robot Lets Homebound Students “Attend” School

by Bruce Brown | October 14, 2016 | General News, Health

  Robots can take many forms. This one can go to school and provide a telepresence for homebound students. The goal for school-aged children who are ill, injured, or have disabilities is usually to get them back to school as soon as possible. If adaptive...

Typing Analysis Tracks Parkinson’s Symptoms

by Alfred Poor | October 11, 2016 | General News, Health

Parkinson’s is a chronic and progressive disease of the brain that leads to tremors and other muscle control difficulties, and eventually can result in severe disability and dementia. While there is no cure yet, healthcare professionals can use medications to...