by Bruce Brown | March 9, 2021 | Medical
Amidst the global push to vaccinate enough people to establish COVID-19 herd immunity, the medical and pharma communities continue the search for effective treatments for patients infected with the virus. ObvioHealth and RedHill Biopharma recently launched a COVID-19...
by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2021 | Medical
Retinal implants are attention-getters. Everyone understands the dramatic benefit of helping blind people see, similar to helping wheelchair-bound people rise up and walk on their own. We’ve written about retinal implants several times in the past few years. We...
by Amantha May | March 5, 2021 | Medical
In the 12 month period between June 2019 and May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the rapid rise in opioid-related deaths. According to a recent CDC report, overdose deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids increased by 38.4% compared to those during...
by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2021 | Health, Medical
We’ve been writing about wearables and digital health on Health Tech Insider since 2014. In 2015 Rock Health and the Stanford Center for Digital Health began conducting an annual Digital Health Consumer Adoption survey. From 2015 to 2019, Rock Health surveyed...
by Bruce Brown | March 2, 2021 | Medical
According to the CDC, parents report that 17% of children from ages 3-17 years — approximately 1 in 6 — are diagnosed with a developmental disorder, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children with ASD account for 1 in 54 children overall, but the...
by Bruce Brown | March 1, 2021 | Medical
How long should hearables last between charges? Put another way, whether you rely on over the counter (OTC) hearing assistive devices or prescription-only hearing aids, how many hours do you want them to run before you need to recharge or replace the batteries? The...
