by Bruce Brown | March 13, 2019 | Health
Not all wearable health tech devices rely on complex — and costly — electronics. And yet the technology can address real problems that people have. For example, changes in barometric pressure can trigger headaches: from minor discomfort to full-blown...
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by Alfred Poor | March 13, 2019 | Health, Medical
One of the hot new terms in digital health tech is “gamification.” Facebook tugs on some primal psychological strings to keep users coming back over and over. Those same levers can be used to increase patient engagement and alter behavior patterns....
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by Alfred Poor | March 12, 2019 | Health
The vast majority of seniors want to live independently as long as they can do so safely. One of the biggest risks for the elderly is falling; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the leading cause for fatal injury for older adults....
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by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2019 | Health, Medical
Hearing loss affects about 15% of U.S. adults 18 and older, about 37.5 million people, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The incidence of hearing loss increases with age, topping out at 50% of people 75 and...
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by Bruce Brown | March 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Smartwatches are poised to take off during 2019 as standalone health tech wearables and for their data aggregation and transmission roles for other devices. We’ve written recently about Withings Move ECG smartwatch. Omron’s HeartGuide oscillometric blood...
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by Bruce Brown | February 28, 2019 | Health
Interest in insufficient sleep has soared in recent years as people of all ages spend more time looking at digital device screens. New understandings of risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease including insufficient sleep have spurred increases in brain research,...
