Swallow This for a Prep Free Colon Check [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 10, 2020 | Medical

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a killer. In 2017 in the U.S. alone, 52,547 people died and 141,425 new cases were reported, according to the CDC. In 2018, fewer than 70% of U.S. adults aged 50 to 75 years were up to date with colorectal cancer screening. Colorectal...

Virus Crisis Speeds Adoption of New Digital Therapeutics

by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2020 | General News, Medical

You might want to file this news under the heading “Silver Lining.” According to a new report by U.K.-based Juniper Research, the COVID-19 pandemic will be a major factor in the projected massive worldwide growth in digital therapeutics and wellness app...

New Study Shows Fitness Band Data Helps Detect COVID-19

by Bruce Brown | October 29, 2020 | Health, Medical

Fitness trackers do more than just count your steps. A new study published by the Scripps Research Translational Institute today in Nature shows that activity trackers and personal health sensing devices such as Fitbits and smartwatches can improve COVID-19 detection....

Smart First-Aid Kit Provides Virtual Hospital Environment [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 28, 2020 | Medical

Among the many medical and health technologies that we cover on Health Tech Insider, the devices that assist professional or citizen responders at emergency sites may be the most dramatic. In the past, we’ve written about emergency defibrillator locators, smart...

New Study to Use Patch to Monitor Heart Surgery Patients [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 21, 2020 | Medical

Remote patient monitoring is a broad term that covers a range of more specific telemedicine applications. We’ve written about remote monitoring to support physical rehab for discharged patients, postpartum checkups, and for working with patients with specific...

Small Blood Pressure Patch Wins Innovation Award [video]

by Amantha May | October 19, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

During the Virtual MedTech 2020 Conference, online voters selected Vena Vitals as the winner of the 2020 MedTech Innovator Execution Award and the Virginia Shimer Rybski Memorial Award. The awards recognize Vena Vitals, a seed-stage medical technology startup...