by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2022 | Medical
Treatments that used to happen only in hospitals and clinical settings continue to move into the home. Kidney disease patients who use a Fresenius Liberty Select Cycler for peritoneal dialysis at home won’t need as many in-person appointments with their...
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by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2022 | Health
Most wearable biosensor technology stories involve wrist-worn or handheld technology, but Swanholm Technology AB’s Connected Safety Vest is much larger. Originally developed to aid truck driver safety, potential applications for Swanholm’s AI-driven vest...
by William McCleary | November 7, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Can one’s fitness tracker gauge their risk of death over years? It seems so. That’s the overall finding from a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois that employed around 100,000 participants in the UK Biobank, a massive biomedical...
by William McCleary | November 4, 2022 | Medical
A vast desert landscape with few major cities, Australia’s Northern Territory is sparsely populated; over 75% of its Aboriginal population lives in “remote or very remote areas.” Many of Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders also live far from...
by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2022 | Health, Medical
This post is as much about the drugs used to reduce pain and anxiety as it is about the benefits of a new solution. Overreliance on opioids and sedatives to control pain and anxiety account for the majority of overdose fatalities in the U.S. According to the CDC, in a...
by William McCleary | November 2, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Even though it’s inextricably tied to one’s overall health and well-being, oral health is often a less-considered aspect of healthcare. And that’s a problem, compounded by the fact that dental insurance is expensive and thus inaccessible for many...
