by Bruce Brown | February 17, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
People with diabetes traditionally endure two types of uncomfortable events on a daily basis: finger sticks for blood samples to test glucose levels and insulin shots with conventional syringes. The holy grail for wearable tech is an artificial pancreas, or closed...
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by Bruce Brown | February 16, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
The global battle against diabetes is on. Evident signs of the massive focus on the disease can be seen in the wide number of products coming to market to help manage diabetes. Ventures such as Medtronic concentrate on developing an artificial pancreas. Also...
by Bruce Brown | February 15, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Managing diabetes can be a bear. Newly diagnosed patients often receive prescriptions for multiple medications and suddenly find themselves tasked with taking blood samples, using glucosometers, and administering insulin injections. They also have to commit to...
by Alfred Poor | February 15, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Podcast
This week’s Health Tech podcast covers a range of stories related to sensors. A smartwatch may be able to detect your mood. Optical sensors have shortcomings when it comes to making biometric measurements; radio frequency sensors may provide greater accuracy....
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by Alfred Poor | February 15, 2017 | General News, Medical
A standard ECG produces a series of line graphs that healthcare professionals can “read” to diagnose irregular heart rhythms. In some cases, however, this data is not detailed enough to document the actual sequence of events involved in an abnormal...
by Alfred Poor | February 14, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the touchstones for futurists is science fiction, and for many, the Star Trek television series in all their iterations presented worlds that could be. In Star Trek: Next Generation, Geordi La Forge (played by LeVar Burton) was blind, but he could see with the...
