by Bruce Brown | January 2, 2020 | Health
As if older people didn’t already have enough to monitor with their health and wellness, bladder and bowel incontinence are also associated with age-related physiological factors and interactions with other chronic conditions such as diabetes, stroke, and...
by Bruce Brown | January 1, 2020 | Health
Biometric sensors integrated into clothing enable unobtrusive, continuous monitoring for a variety of applications. We’ve written about Hexoskin, a shirt developed at Radboud University Medical School in the Netherlands that measures breathing in patients with...
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by Bruce Brown | December 5, 2019 | Health
“Let me watch you walk.” When patients seek treatment for foot pain, posture, or mobility-related problems, healthcare professionals typically start by analyzing the patient’s gait. As with blood pressure measurement, however, in-office testing may...
by Bruce Brown | December 4, 2019 | Health
People with impaired vision lose more than their visual acuity. The loss of independence can lead to changin their place of residence and requiring assistance with certain everyday tasks. We wrote about NuEyes in 2016, a lightweight wearable headset that projects...
by Bruce Brown | November 26, 2019 | Health
American adults with undiagnosed prediabetes outnumber the combined total populations of people with diagnosed prediabetes and diabetes Type 2, according to the CDC. One in three adults in the U.S. or more than 84 million people have the disease, but only 10% are...
by Bruce Brown | November 22, 2019 | General News, Health
The wearable device market shows no signs of slowing down, according to Gartner, a global market research and analysis company. In its latest worldwide wearable devices forecast, Gartner predicts spending will increase by 27% from $41 billion in 2019 to $52 billion in...
