by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2016 | Medical
Earlier this year we wrote about Medtronics’ closed loop systems for controlling blood sugar levels for diabetics. These systems include continuous glucose monitors (GCMs) and insulin pumps. At the time, while approved for use in Europe, the FDA did not allow...
by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2016 | General News, Medical
As many parents of small children can tell you, hand a tablet or smartphone to a cranky kid and let them watch a video or play with an app to calm them down. As it turns out, there may be a medical application for this same solution. Pediatric surgery typically...
by Alfred Poor | August 29, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Telemedicine technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery, lowering costs and improving outcomes. It could eliminate long delays in physician waiting rooms, remove the need to spend time traveling to and from office visits, and could result in...
by Bruce Brown | August 25, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Previously we’ve covered medical community interest in telemedicine, and more recently, the AMA telemedicine recommended guidelines. Turning to the other end of the stethoscope, most patients support telemedicine and the use of newer technologies for medical...
by Bruce Brown | August 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
King’s Health Partners estimates that one in three adults in the U.K. currently prediabetic. These people are at a greater than average risk of developing Type II diabetes. The group totals about 15.4 million people. Today in the U.K. Type II diabetes results in...
by Bruce Brown | August 19, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Earlier this year we wrote about a collaboration between Cambridge Cognition and Ctrl Group to develop “apps using a wearable device to monitor real-time activity, sleep, communication, media habits, and more.” Well, they’ve done it. Called the...
