by Unber Shafiq | June 29, 2022 | Health, Medical
Wearables like fitness trackers and smartwatches have been a part of our lives for a while now. These devices assist in measuring an individual’s sleeping pattern, walking speed, heart rate, and the number of steps. Could they be of more use? In a recent study...
by Unber Shafiq | June 28, 2022 | Medical
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Rune Labs’ StrivePD Ecosystem for monitoring Parkinson’s disease through the Apple Watch. Rune Labs is a precision neurology platform that focuses vastly on exploring new techniques of...
by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2022 | Health, Medical
“Digital therapeutics” (DTx) isn’t just a new buzz word. This is a new category of medical interventions that are delivered directly to patients, typically in their homes, using apps running on smartphones or other digital devices. Two groups, the...
by William McCleary | June 24, 2022 | Medical
As telehealth grows increasingly common, nearly every aspect of traditional healthcare has online chat and video-call components. This runs from virtual wellness visits and post-surgery consultations to a wide range of remote patient monitor (RPM) and mental health...
by William McCleary | June 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Some of the latest telehealth technology and services were on display at the recent ATA2022 Conference and Expo, the American Telemedicine Association’s annual gathering that welcomes top telehealth professionals from across the globe. This year’s event,...
by Bruce Brown | June 21, 2022 | Medical
In November 2021, the CDC used provisional data to estimate that U.S. deaths from opioid overdoses rose to 100,306 for the 12-month period that ended in April 2021. That number is a 28.5% increase from the 78,506 deals in the previous 12 months. Researchers from the...