by Alfred Poor | November 5, 2014 | Health, Medical
Our world faces challenges dealing with an aging population as individuals live longer than ever before. Wearable Health Tech and other mobile devices hold forth the promise of helping provide more effective healthcare for the elderly, save costs, and give individuals...
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by Alfred Poor | November 5, 2014 | Medical
According to the makers of Alvio, asthma is the third-leading cause for hospitalization of children under the age of 15. Children with asthma miss a total of 14 million school days a year. Some studies have shown that when patients can exercise their breathing and...
by Alfred Poor | November 4, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Last week, Microsoft made headlines with the announcement of their new wearable fitness band. Many news outlets paid much less attention to the unveiling of Microsoft Health, a new cloud-based service that gathers data from devices ranging from fitness bands to other...
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by Alfred Poor | November 4, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
There’s another entry in the “smart shoe” market segment. Boogio is a new product from REFLX Labs that you can insert in any pair of shoes. Four sensors for each foot measure the pressure and acceleration applied at each point. These connect...
by Alfred Poor | November 3, 2014 | Medical
According to a report in Mobile Health News last month, Apple has a problem with patient-entered glucose readings in its Health app. Devices in the U.S. and some other countries measure blood glucose levels in “milligrams per deciliter” (mg/dL). In some...
by Alfred Poor | October 31, 2014 | Medical
Gentac is a company that makes disposable wireless sensor patches. These battery-less devices rely on the same near-field communications (NFC) technology found in many smartphones to read the sensor’s data from a distance. In a hospital setting, this means that...
