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by Alfred Poor | February 12, 2015 | Health
Talan Skeels-Piggins is a former member of the UK Royal Navy who suffered a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. He went on to compete as a downhill skier in the 10th Winter Paralympics, but an injury forced him to give that up. Instead, he...
by Alfred Poor | February 11, 2015 | Health, Medical
The potential benefits of the “quantified person” are huge, making it possible to improve diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of all sorts of diseases and chronic conditions. One of the biggest barriers to realizing these gains, however, are the...
by Alfred Poor | February 11, 2015 | Health
Here’s something you don’t see every day. The exploding wearable Health Tech market means that lots of companies are coming up with all sorts of new ideas for products and services. It stands to reason that some of these new concepts may not have been...
by Alfred Poor | February 9, 2015 | Health, Medical
The Scandinavian countries are well known for their excellent social services, including medical care. Like many other parts of the world, however, they are facing a challenge. The elderly make up 25% of the entire population, and this is expected to grow to 40% by...
by Alfred Poor | February 9, 2015 | Health, Medical
If you read Health Tech Insider often, you may be aware that we are huge fans of the potential for wearable and mobile Health Tech devices to make a positive impact on the cost and quality of healthcare. Now we’re getting enough data points to bring the point...
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by Alfred Poor | February 3, 2015 | Health, Medical
I have a niece with severe food allergies. Like 15 million others in the U.S. alone, she is at risk of going into anaphylactic shock if she eats something tainted with one of the foods that cause an allergic reaction for her. As a result, she carries an EpiPen at all...
