Digital Stethoscope Reduces Risk of COVID-19 Transmission [VIDEO]

by Amantha May | August 21, 2020 | General News, Medical

During the Ebola crisis that began in 2014, doctors in the United States relied on a small wireless digital stethoscope for auscultation (i.e., listening to internal sounds of the body). The stethoscope, known as Thinklabs One, allowed them to auscultate safely while...

Dedicated iPad Uses AI to Screen for Skin Cancer

by Bruce Brown | August 20, 2020 | Medical

Physicians will diagnose more than 100,000 new melanomas among people in the U.S. this year, and about nearly 7,000 people will die from malignant skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. We’ve written several times about the role artificial...

Do Fitness Trackers Induce Anxiety? Maybe. Maybe Not.

by Bruce Brown | August 19, 2020 | Health

It’s not overstating to assert that step counters and fitness trackers have gained traction worldwide. In 2018, manufacturers reported slightly more than 70 million fitness and activity trackers shipped worldwide, according to Statistica. Fitness wearable...

Health Tech Usage on the Rise Among Seniors

by Amantha May | August 19, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical

Technology use has increased for many adults in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and seniors are no exception. Seniors still aren’t the highest demographic when it comes to being technological savvy. However, a recent survey by Healthinsurance.com...

Wear and Hear BeHear Access Hearable Is No Dropout [video]

by Bruce Brown | August 18, 2020 | Health

Wearable marketing reports from IDC and others have predicted for two years that shipments of hearables will help drive market growth for wearables worldwide. In the past few years, we’ve looked and written about at hearing assistance devices from NuHeara, Olive...

Full Face Mask: Fashion Design or Effective Disguise?

by Bruce Brown | August 17, 2020 | Health

After the initial shortage of protective face masks in the fight against the COVID-19 virus, consumers now have many mask choices. Surgical masks, NIOSH-approved N95 masks, and a variety of cloth masks are readily available in a wide range of prices. We’ve also...