by Amantha May | October 16, 2020 | Health, Medical
Sam’s Club, a subscription-based discounted retail club owned by Walmart Inc., now offers its members an option for virtual primary health care service. Through a partnership with the virtual telehealth platform 98point6, Sam’s Club members who purchase a...
by Bruce Brown | October 15, 2020 | Medical
The opioid addiction epidemic hasn’t paused while the COVID-19 pandemic runs rampant. We’ve written about a variety of tech developments that target addiction. Among the many weapons in the growing treatment arsenal, we wrote about a clinical trial run by...
by Bruce Brown | October 14, 2020 | Health
We’ve written about Neurometrix Quell pain relief wearable several times. Quell is a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device available without a prescription to manage leg, foot, and knee pain. Neuronetrix has 15 patents on the Quell technology...
by Amantha May | October 14, 2020 | Health
For some seniors, struggling with technology isn’t just frustrating; it also affects their sense of dignity. A few years ago, I witnessed an iPhone bring a senior relative of mine to tears. A woman who earned a Master’s degree in the late 50’s in a field dominated by...
by Bruce Brown | October 13, 2020 | Medical
For home telehealthcare to advance in scale requires clinically-accurate connected biomedical devices, telehealth platforms, medical professionals, and patient populations. Tyto Care first got our attention in early 2019 with its partnership with Best Buy. Best Buy...
by Bruce Brown | October 12, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Cornell’s microscopic robots have legs! In August in Nature, two Cornell professors and a former Cornell postdoctoral researcher (now a University of Pennsylvania assistant professor) detailed their developments with tiny walking robots in the article,...
