Withings Is Back With Updated Smart Watch

Withings Is Back With Updated Smart Watch

by | September 18, 2018 | General News, Health

As markets mature, many companies and brands cycle in and out of prominence while other ventures merge or are acquired by others. Unfortunately, some firms disappear from the market. And then there is Withings. We’ve followed Withings from its first entries in...
Health Tags Disappear until Needed [video]

Health Tags Disappear until Needed [video]

by | September 12, 2018 | General News, Health

  After the cool factor wears off with health and wellness wearables, ease of use and unobtrusiveness matter more when people move to the next thing and get on with their lives. In order to convince most people to continue to use wearables and to attract new waves of...
Smartwatch for Seniors Calls for Help

Smartwatch for Seniors Calls for Help

by | September 11, 2018 | General News, Health

You are probably aware of the late night television commercials in which an elderly person is on the floor, calling “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” This is the rallying cry of the personal emergency response system (PERS) companies, who...
Inui Health FDA-Cleared Home Urine Testing

Inui Health FDA-Cleared Home Urine Testing

by | September 10, 2018 | General News, Health

Urine tests can screen for opioid and other controlled substance use, test for HIV, STDs, kidney function, metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hypertension, urinary tract infections, and general health. When we wrote about a home urine test scanner developed by...
Smart Frames Enforce Good Posture [video]

Smart Frames Enforce Good Posture [video]

by | September 7, 2018 | General News, Health

Personal computers and mobile devices have enriched and empowered our lives in many ways. For many of us, however (raising my hand), all that goodness has come at the cost of healthy posture. “Text neck” is the common term for what my doctors call...