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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...
by Amantha May | August 6, 2021 | Health
Tinnitus refers to ringing and other sounds experienced within one’s own ears. Severe cases can cause significant distress that interferes with quality of life. Sono, a new Class IIa medical device, makes an experimental tinnitus treatment available to patients at...
by Bruce Brown | August 4, 2021 | Health
One if the promises of wearable health tech devices is that additional data can result in better outcomes for patients. This could be from managing treatment more effectively, or by motivating patients to make behavior changes that can improve their health....
by Amantha May | August 4, 2021 | Health
As the Delta variant accelerates the rate of new COVID-19 cases in many parts of the world, social distancing has regained high priority. To help people maintain a safe distance on public transit, Google Maps now offers transit crowdedness predictions in 10,000 cities...
by Bruce Brown | August 3, 2021 | Health
Responsible scientists and scholars hesitate to prematurely claim causation when data shows a correlation between two factors. Researchers from the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Population Health withhold claims of causation in either direction between...
