Health eHeart Study Gathers Real-World Heart Rate Data

by Alice Williams | July 12, 2019 | General News, Medical

We live in a world obsessed with data. Devices grow continually smarter, capturing vast amounts of information about every conceivable topic: online behaviors, consumer preferences, even individual sleep patterns. As access to this tantalizing human data has grown, so...

Remote Control Ultrasound Uses 5G Wireless

by Alfred Poor | July 1, 2019 | Medical

If you follow technology news at all, it’s impossible to escape the 5G media frenzy. The new wireless standard promises to provide high-speed broadband data access everywhere, though there is plenty of confusion around just what 5G is or is not, and just when it...

Extended Wear ECG Ambulatory Monitor

by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2019 | Medical

Development teams worldwide work on clinical-grade extended wear biosensors every day. The concept of wearable continuous ECG monitors is especially near and dear to our hearts. We wrote earlier about VivaQaunt’s RX-1 Rhythm Express wearable ECG device that...

Wearable Dialysis Device Promises Machine Independence [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2019 | Medical

Approximately 15% of U.S. adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to the CDC. Early stage treatment can slow CKD progression through the five stages of severity. For patients whose kidney disease continues to the fifth stage — called end-stage renal...

Colorectal Cancer Screening without Prep and Sedation

by Bruce Brown | June 24, 2019 | Medical

When you hear the words, “Lie on your side and count backward from 100,” the hardest part of having a colonoscopy screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC) is over. The CDC recommends a colonoscopy today or everyone between the age of 50 to 75 (starting...

Stanford Medicine Pilots Proactive, Personalized Care [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 21, 2019 | Medical

Sous vide cooking introduced the concept of precision cooking to many home chefs. When you cook sous vide — or under a vacuum — you heat water to a precise temperature to cook food in a vacuum-sealed bag. Stanford University School of Medicine’s...