Active Air Filtration Mask Promises Better Protection [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 23, 2020 | Health

Last year at this time, no one expected most people in the U.S. would be required, expected, or even asked to wear air filtration masks in public areas. The COVID-19 pandemic happened, however, and health experts are nearly unanimous in their support for masks as one...

Better Hearing One Ear at a Time [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 21, 2020 | Health

Hearables are the fastest growing segment of the wearables market, according to the latest IDC quarterly wearables marketing report. We’ve written about and looked at hearables before, including Nuheara’s IQBuds Boost and Wear and Hear’s BeHear Now....

Partners Seek No-Cuff Blood Pressure Monitoring

by Bruce Brown | July 20, 2020 | Health

Blood pressure is one of the most essential vital signs when it comes to monitoring a patient’s health. The traditional method is to use a pressure cuff on a patient’s upper arm and then listen to the sounds of blood flow as the pressure changes. The main...

Free Mental Health App for Frontline Workers

by Amantha May | July 20, 2020 | Health

Experts believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused first responders and frontline healthcare workers to experience trauma and distress. Such experiences could increase their risk for mental health conditions, especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The...

Help for Incontinent Prostate cancer Survivors [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 16, 2020 | Health

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in the U.S. There were more than 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer in 2017, the latest year with available data from the CDC. The incidence of surgery for prostate cancer has dropped during the past decade, from...

Market Report: Earwear and Wristbands Lead Wearables

by Bruce Brown | July 15, 2020 | Health

Despite pandemic-related supply chain issues, wearables shipments worldwide grew 29.7% year over year during the first quarter of 2020 according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Smartwatch and regular watch numbers declined, but wristband...