by riddhi | October 2, 2015 | Fitness, General News, Health
Health and fitness are in vogue. Consumers follow health plans, go to gyms to train, use wearables to track their daily exercises, and invest time and money to ensure they are fit. This trend has also led to injuries caused due to incorrect training processes and...
by riddhi | October 1, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
Technology can have both good and bad impacts. Forexample, computers make it easier to get work done, manage records better, and engage in social networking, among other things. One of the downsides is that computer has has restricted the movement of people. Many of...
by riddhi | September 30, 2015 | Health, Medical
Wearable health devices, sensors, and patches are seeing an explosive growth in terms of innovation and design. According to the campus newspaper ‘The Daily Aztec,” the Smart Health Institute at San Diego State is working on wireless sensors to measure...
by Alfred Poor | September 30, 2015 | Health
Some fitness bands and smartwatches can monitor your heartbeat, but sometimes you need to know more about how your circulatory system is operating. Your heart rate alone may not tell the whole story. MOCAheart is a new device created by MOCACARE, a company based in...
by riddhi | September 29, 2015 | Health, Medical
Imagine that you could plug a module into your smartphone with a simple cable, and it would turn into a digital stethoscope. Or that another module could wirelessly measure the temperature of a person without even touching their skin. This is not magic; this is what...
by Alfred Poor | September 29, 2015 | Health, Medical
The American Medical Group Foundation (AMGF) has released the results of a pilot study led by its Measure Up/Pressure Down campaign to combat hypertension. The study showed an improvement in blood pressure control rates from 38.6% to 70.0% over an 18-month period. How...