Promising Tinnitus Therapy at Home with New Device

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...

Patients Can Get Better Results with Help from a Wearable

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....

Google Maps Now Helps Transit Riders Plan Social Distancing

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...

New Study: Does Hearing Loss Increase Risk of Dementia?

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...

Fight Foot Pain With New Custom 3D Printed Supports

by Alfred Poor | July 29, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health

According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, about three out of four adults in the U.S. experience foot pain. One traditional treatment is to create orthotics: specially-shaped inserts for shoes that relieve pressure and provide additional support where...

Affordable 3D-Printed Eye Care Kit [video]

by Bruce Brown | July 22, 2021 | Health

New Zealand-based ODocs Eye Care develops tools to assist ophthalmologists. For the past six years, ODocs has worked with 3D printer and 3D scaling software company Ultimaker to develop an open source smartphone ophthalmoscope. The company has moved on to develop...