Lower Anxiety for Children and Their Parents With VR

by William McCleary | June 3, 2022 | Health, Medical

The thought of getting jabbed with a needle raises anxiety in many people, and even fear. It’s a fear — both great and small — that came into sharp relief when tens of millions of people got coronavirus shots. The Journal of Primary Care and Community Health...

COVID Breath Test Now Has Emergency Approval [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 2, 2022 | Health

Before COVID-19, I don’t remember reading about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization (EUA). After the nearly two and half years of pandemic response, EUA is now common parlance in the health tech industry. The FDA...

Perform Ear Exams at Home with New Smartphone Device [video]

by Unber Shafiq | June 1, 2022 | Health, Medical

Remote patient care has become a big part of the new normal, but remote physical exams are still much less prevalent. We recently covered the MedWand device that collects vital data remotely. Children’s TYLENOL has developed a similar technology specifically for...

New Partnership to De-escalate Mental Health Crises

by Unber Shafiq | May 31, 2022 | Health, Medical

Mental health has remained the topic of discussion throughout May as it is being celebrated as the National Mental Health Month. Companies all across the US were raising awareness about mental health. We learned that the percentage of people suffering from symptoms of...

New Eye-Tracking Tech Comes to iPads [video]

by William McCleary | May 30, 2022 | Health, Medical

Apple has given Made for iPad certification to Hiru, an eye-tracking device that launched in 2020 with compatibility only with Windows platforms. Now the interactive device from the Spanish startup Irisbond also works with the iPad operating systems iPadOS 15 and...

Talking Signs Tech Helps Visually Impaired in Public Places [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 30, 2022 | Health

Tel-Aviv-based Konnect, a Volkswagen Group Innovation Hub, recently awarded €25,000 to RightHear to develop a proof of concept to help visually impaired persons access autonomous vehicles. RightHear competed with more than 30 other Israeli startups vying for the...