Improve Stroke Rehab Chances with Smart Sleeve

by Bruce Brown | February 17, 2016 | General News, Medical

Have you ever had physical therapy after an injury? Compliance with home exercise is a significant barrier to recovery for both patients and physical therapists. Typically, you go to the therapist two or three times a week and then are expected to perform prescribed...

Scientists Create “Bionic Spine” Implant [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

One of the most tragic injuries is damage to the spinal cord; the result can be paralysis that leaves the victim trapped forever in a body that will not respond to commands to make it move. When the connection between the brain and body is broken, it is nearly...

Alfred Poor on Slashdot about CES 2016 [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 15, 2016 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health, Medical

Just when you thought you were safe from the seemingly endless coverage of CES 2016, here comes a bonus video footnote. This is a video of an interview for Slashdot in which I discuss some of the items I saw at CES 2016 in Las Vegas last month, along with some of the...

Breath Test for Glucose Levels

by Alfred Poor | February 15, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

According to the International Diabetes Federation, 415 million people worldwide have diabetes; that amounts to one of every 11 adults. It is not an overstatement that this disease has reached epidemic proportions, costing as much as $1.45 trillion in healthcare...

Not All Tele-Health Research Results Are Rosy

by Alfred Poor | February 12, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

If patients can monitor their own vital signs and other biometric data at home, and share this with healthcare professionals, we will be able to detect illness earlier, resulting in better treatment, lower costs, and better outcomes. At least, that’s what the...

Smartphone App Diagnoses Coughs [video]

by Alfred Poor | February 11, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

Your child has a cough. Is it serious, or will it just get better on its own? Is it a simple cough from a cold, or is it asthma or pneumonia or some other condition that needs professional medical attention? If you’re a parent, you’ve probably been through...