by Bruce Brown | August 19, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Earlier this year we wrote about a collaboration between Cambridge Cognition and Ctrl Group to develop “apps using a wearable device to monitor real-time activity, sleep, communication, media habits, and more.” Well, they’ve done it. Called the...
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by Bruce Brown | August 17, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Type I and Type II diabetics who need to test blood glucose levels daily typically have to take the readings from two to eight times a day. Getting accurate readings, keeping track of readings over time, and sharing the information with caregivers take time and...
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by Bruce Brown | August 15, 2016 | General News, Health
Food allergies cause 200,000 emergency room visits in the U.S. annually, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. In a study by the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, hidden allergens were the cause of nearly...
by Alfred Poor | August 12, 2016 | General News, Health
One important aspect of keeping people healthy is to help them avoid injury, whether due to a specific physical trauma, or due to environmental factors. This is a key concern for companies whose employees are exposed to difficult working conditions; how can you tell...
by Bruce Brown | August 9, 2016 | General News, Health
Try to imagine a wristband that sets out to be simultaneously part of and a link to a complete health ecosystem. Of course, you need to know what that even means. For GOQii founder and CEO Vishal Gondal, it means his company sees itself as a preventive health...
by Alfred Poor | August 9, 2016 | General News, Health
While wearable Health Tech devices can help individuals directly, one big part of their potential is the creation of Big Data sets that can be mined for information that will benefit the population as a whole. The data from these connected devices is beginning to pile...
