Camera Creates Hi-Res Blood Flow Videos

by Bruce Brown | April 15, 2020 | Medical

Engineers at Rice University developed a breakthrough technology that measures human blood flow to the capillaries in real-time. Hardware called the PulseCam combines high-resolution video with pulse oximeter data. Algorithms in a patented process that creates blood...

Wearable Might Detect COVID-19 Early

by Bruce Brown | April 14, 2020 | Health, Medical

Boston-based Whoop focuses on performance-optimization for athletes and exercise enthusiasts. Whoop’s platform has three interdependent pillars: biometric sensing hardware, data analytics, and its user community. In combination, these factors can also provide...

VR Helps Patients Conquer Social Anxiety [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 2, 2020 | Medical

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have made gradual inroads in health and medical care. We noted a Cedars-Sinai study of VR used to reduce maternal labor pain. In late 2019 we wrote about StoryUP Studios’ Healium project that combines wearables...

FDA Clears Medical-Grade Remote Pregnancy Monitoring [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 1, 2020 | Medical

In half of the counties in the U.S. women have no access to an obstetrician-gynecologist, according to a 2018 study published by the Association of American Medical Colleges. That amounts to more than 10 million women. In addition, 56% of the counties in America do...

Moms View Online Information as Key in Hospital Choice

by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2020 | General News, Medical

Patient access to online healthcare information continues to grow, which turns out to be particularly helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Xealth recently surveyed almost 1,000 new and expectant mothers to gauge their digital health expectations and priorities. The...

Want Info About a Medicine? Ask Alexa

by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2020 | Medical

There is seemingly no end to applications for digital voice assistants such as Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa. We’ve written several times about Alexa Skills developed for health and medical applications. Ambulance and EMS personnel associated with...