Quality Telerehabilitation for Brain Injury Recovery [video]

by Amantha May | December 15, 2021 | Medical

A recent survey by the Brain Injury Association of America revealed that more than 76% of providers believe that telehealth has an equivalent or superior effect on patient recovery compared to in-person rehabilitation therapy. The Centre for Neuro...

Consumers Now Use Telemedicine More as Attitudes Shift

by Bruce Brown | December 13, 2021 | Medical

Rock Health and the Stanford Center of Digital Health continue to track the trends and growth of telemedicine. We last covered the collaboration’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey 2020. The 2020 survey of 7,980 U.S. adults was based on contacts during...

One-Touch Device Makes Glucose Monitoring Simple [video]

by Bruce Brown | December 9, 2021 | Health, Medical

We have written about automatic blood glucose level monitoring, insulin pumps, and closed-loop artificial pancreas systems from companies such as Medtronic. People with diabetes rely on accurate blood glucose level readings. It’s understandable when they...

Smart Bandage for Timely and Personalized Wound Care [video]

by Unber Shafiq | December 8, 2021 | Medical

With an increasing prevalence of diabetes and a rapidly aging population, we have more people suffering from chronic wounds than ever before. The major goal with the management of these wounds is to avoid amputation or other complications. But this is only possible...

Smart Watch Being Tested for Glucose Measurement [video]

by Unber Shafiq | December 7, 2021 | Medical

Has technology made enough progress that we can use a wristwatch to check our blood glucose levels any time of the day? Maybe. PKvitality has announced the start of a clinical trial for the world’s first Continuous Glucose Monitoring CGM smartwatch, the K’Watch...

Wounds Heal Faster With New 3D-Printed Implant

by Amantha May | December 3, 2021 | Medical

A new, 3D-printed tissue implant that incorporates a patient’s own blood components could help speed up skin wound healing. Researchers from Dublin’s RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed a bioink from platelet-rich plasma to print a...