CES 2023: Smart Bin Now Makes Home Injections Safer [video]

by Unber Shafiq | January 24, 2023 | Medical

Keeping track of the injectable medications is critical for many individuals, especially those with chronic diseases. Sticking to a medication routine can be challenging, however, along with the safe disposal of used syringes. The Hamilton Beach Health Powered by...

CES 2023: Familiar Tech Brand Launches New OTC Hearing Aid

by Bruce Brown | January 17, 2023 | Health, Medical

The Consumer Trade Association (CTA) named the HP Hearing PRO self-fitting over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids as one of their CES 2023 Innovation Awards Honorees. Perhaps even more significantly, the FDA granted clearance to market the Nuheara-designed hearing aids...

CES 2023: New French System Predicts Hospitalization [video]

by Unber Shafiq | January 17, 2023 | Health, Medical

Most seniors want to live independently in their homes for as long as they can. Hospitalization a leading cause leading to managed care facilities for the elderly, but it can be prevented in more than half of the cases if they are anticipated beforehand. PRESAGE is a...

New Telehealth Pilot Helps Avoid Emergency Room Visits

by Unber Shafiq | January 10, 2023 | Medical

One of the reasons for overcrowding and longer wait times in the ER is that many patients show up with semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions. Mount Sinai Health System, one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, has unveiled a new method to...

CES 2023: Blood Pressure Tech Now Moves From Hospital to Home [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 9, 2023 | Health, Medical

The CONNEQT Pulse multi-mode digital biomarker device won a coveted Innovation award at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). CONNEQT is a subsidiary of CardieX Limited. CONNEQT Pulse measures arterial health, central blood pressure, and pulse pressure,...

Glucose Monitor Can Reveal Prediabetes in Just 12 Hours

by William McCleary | January 6, 2023 | Medical

Can AI help turn a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) into a tool to screen for diabetes? It seems so, at least according to the findings from researchers at Klick Applied Sciences, who say that they’ve developed a method to diagnose diabetes and prediabetes with...