PinCh Wearable Challenge Winners Aid Vets [video]

by Jim Ware | November 8, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

One of the $125,000 winners in the 2017 Pitt Innovation Challenge uses good vibrations from a wearable device to help veterans control PTSD. Another wearable gives real-time visual feedback from prosthetic limbs to help lower-limb amputees learn to walk. In all, 13...

Hospital Wayfinding App Guides Patients and Visitors

by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2017 | General News, Medical

From surgery theaters to hospital parking lots and beyond, mobile and wearable health tech hardware developments and apps play ever-widening roles in the complex wellness and medical worlds. Sensors in exoskeletal appliances assist mobility and balance, and remote...

Pneumonia Diagnostic Jacket Saves Ugandan Lives

by Bruce Brown | November 6, 2017 | General News, Medical

If you were making a list of difficult field diagnoses for deadly diseases, pneumonia would be at or near the top. UNICEF reports that “pneumonia kills half a million children under five in sub-Saharan Africa each year.” According to Dr. Mark Young, UNICEF...

States Actively Legislating Telehealth Services [video]

by Jim Ware | November 3, 2017 | General News, Medical

Increasingly, shrinks trade their couches for video screens as a result of advances in state telehealth legislation. That means patients pour their hearts out from the comfort of their homes instead of trekking across town. These advances also mean payers such as...

Fitness Trackers Improve Cardio Rehab Results

by Bruce Brown | November 2, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

The use of wearable activity trackers may or may not improve fitness or cardiovascular health on their own. The jury is still out on long-term benefits of FitBits and similar devices. The immense market potential for wearables — $70+ billion according to one...

Eye Scan Detects Early Signs of Alzheimer’s [video]

by Kimberly Houston | November 1, 2017 | General News, Medical

It’s an unfortunate truth that many of us know someone with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This is no surprise since AD is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5 million individuals in the U.S. This number is expected to triple by 2050, according to the...