![UV Sensor Warns to Prevent Lupus Flares [video]](https://i1.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/03/Shade-UV-sensor-with-video-600x279.png?resize=600%2C279)
by Bruce Brown | March 10, 2017 | General News, Health
Too much ultraviolet light exposure can be a problem for anyone. We’ve previously written about wearable UV-detecting wearables, including a study by University of Southern California research on the subject and MyUV, a wearable under development by LaRoche...
by Alfred Poor | March 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast
In this week’s podcast, you’ll hear about some innovative technologies that could change lives. A tiny chip measures the speed of blood flow using light, a lightweight and low-cost exoskeleton is made from fabric and air, and miniature magnetic coils...
![Virtual Reality Aids Cancer Patients [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/03/VR-with-chemo.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 8, 2017 | General News, Health
Modern medicine works miracles. Diseases that used to kill thousands and thousands of people every year have all but disappeared from the planet. Other diseases that used to be a certain death sentence now can be cured, or at least their progress can be slowed. Cancer...
![Pain-free, Non-invasive Continuous Glucose Monitoring [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/03/sugarBEAT-with-video-600x270.png?resize=600%2C270)
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2017 | General News, Health
Approximately 1.6 billion people in the world have diabetes or prediabetes, according to World Health Organization figures. Of that immense number, only 1 in 20 of those have Type 1, the autoimmune form of the disease. The remainder of diabetics and virtually all...
by Alfred Poor | March 7, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
As we’ve been saying, the trajectory for wearable Health Tech devices is going to be away from the products limited to fitness tracking, and toward more health and medical measurements that will be helpful in diagnosing illness in the early stages when treatment...
![Monitor How Much Your Baby Has Nursed [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/03/Momsense-with-Video-600x273.png?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | March 6, 2017 | General News, Health
The World Health Organization and other groups recommend breastfeeding exclusively for a baby’s first six months and continued breastfeeding with other food for 12 to 24 months (or however long the mother and baby wish to continue). According to a study...
