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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...