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by Alfred Poor | September 4, 2014 | Medical
Doctors at the University of Southern California have developed a device that can help the blind see again. In much the same way that a cochlear implant can help deaf people hear, the Argus II directly stimulates the retina nerves at the back of the eyeball using an...
by Alfred Poor | September 3, 2014 | Medical
There’s no electronics here, but it’s a story about a whole new kind of wearable Health Tech device. It is widely reported that doctors at Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing have inserted a fabricated spinal implant in a 12 year old patient. What...
by Alfred Poor | September 2, 2014 | Medical
About one out of every four adults over the age of 40 develop atrial fibrillation (AFib). This irregular heartbeat puts the individual at increased risk of stroke or other complications, but the condition can be difficult to diagnose as it can be intermittent and...
by Alfred Poor | August 29, 2014 | Medical
One of the big advantages of wearable Health Tech for medical applications is that it can provide continuous observation of a patient, either at home or in a hospital. This rich information can help medical professionals spot transient events, trends in vital signs,...
by Alfred Poor | August 29, 2014 | Medical
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating and fatal disease. More than 44 million people worldwide suffer from it or a similar form of dementia. A group of researchers in Korea believe that they may have found a way to slow the effects of the disease, using a headband...
by Alfred Poor | August 28, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
If you follow the wearables industry, you already know that health and medical applications are going to provide the majority of the revenue in this market over the next few years. And part of the big draw for this money — both investments and purchases of goods...
