by Amantha May | September 1, 2021 | Health
A recent study has validated an innovative body temperature monitoring system that predicts heat stress to prevent heat-related injury in industrial workers. The study confirmed that Kenzen’s wearable heat sensor, launched in 2020, provides accurate, continuous core...
by Amantha May | August 27, 2021 | Health
Cigna has launched a free online stress evaluation tool that uses voice analysis to determine user stress levels. The Cigna StressWaves Test was developed in partnership with Ellipsis Health, a digital health platform that identifies vocal biomarkers to detect anxiety...
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by Bruce Brown | August 27, 2021 | Health
We often write about digital home health devices. Since we launched Health Tech Insider, however, no other single force has advanced remote care and telemedicine as much as the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s fitting, then, that we finally have an at-home device that...
by Bruce Brown | August 17, 2021 | Health
Clinical trials and other research results play an increasingly important role in wearable health tech devices. A new study evaluated transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as an in-home treatment. We’ve written previously about TENS devices used to...
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by Bruce Brown | August 16, 2021 | Health
In June 2020, the FDA cleared the first-ever game-based digital therapeutic. The FDA cleared EndeavorRx, a prescription-only game from Akili Interactive, that is designed to improve attention and focus for children ages 8 to 12 who have been diagnosed with attention...
by Bruce Brown | August 10, 2021 | Health
Contact-free vital signs sensors have advantages over devices that require cuffs, patches, or other means of body contact. Not only are contact-free devices less cumbersome and burdensome for patients, the devices don’t depend on patient compliance in order to...
