Wearable for Dogs Tracks Multiple Health Factors [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 21, 2018 | Fitness, Health

The latest figures on overweight and obese adults prove once again that dogs and their owners are often alike. Overall, 70.2% of adult men and women in the U.S. were overweight or obese in 2013-2014 according to the CDC and the National Institute of Diabetes and...

Hybrid Smartwatch Has an Analog Face [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 18, 2018 | Health

Bellabeat’s recently launched Time smartwatch offers three noteworthy features besides its health-related technical features. Time is a hybrid analog and digital smartwatch developed and manufactured for women by a women-owned company. It also looks like...

AI App Combines Disciplines to Reduce COPD Symptoms

by Bruce Brown | December 11, 2018 | Health

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — including emphysema and chronic bronchitis — is a group of diseases related to breathing difficulties or restricted airflow. There is no cure for COPD, but the symptoms can improve with treatment....

Weight Lifting Reduces Heart Attack Risk

by Bruce Brown | December 10, 2018 | Health

Heart disease remains the most common cause of death in the U.S., according to the CDC. That deadly toll accounts for one in four American deaths each year: about 610,000 annually. We’ve written about smartwatches designed to warn of heart attacks and...

IDC and Gartner Agree: Smartwatches Drive Wearable Growth

by Bruce Brown | December 5, 2018 | General News, Health

Worldwide wearable sales are ramping up dramatically and smartwatches get most of the credit, according to recent reports on the wearables market by IDC and Gartner.  We referenced the same trend noted in an IDC report earlier this year when the market analysis firm...

FDA Challenge to Fight Opioid Addiction

by Alfred Poor | December 3, 2018 | General News, Health

Part of a worldwide epidemic, more than 72,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2017. Opioid pain killers — both prescribed and illicit — pay a major role in this statistic. The FDA is actively involved in addressing this crisis. One part of...