by William McCleary | October 3, 2022 | Medical
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is on the rise in the United States. This hand issue is caused by a compressed nerve at the wrist, and it disproportionately affects people who use computers for long periods or those with jobs requiring frequent repetitive movements....
by William McCleary | September 30, 2022 | Medical
ready to edit Does Fitbit really make a difference in managing one’s diabetes? Or in helping to lower cholesterol and prevent diabetes? The device’s considerable worldwide popularity can be seen as a testament that it works, but where is the hard proof...
by Bruce Brown | September 29, 2022 | Medical
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) continues to change traditional healthcare service delivery. Digital healthcare provider Vivalink recently announced the results of its survey of RPM adoption in cardiac rehabilitation care. According to Vivalink, the Covid-19 pandemic...
by William McCleary | September 28, 2022 | Health, Medical
Catch me if I fall. The idiom has been used metaphorically in songs, literature, and common speech for a long time. But the team of Singapore-based researchers behind the Mobile Robotic Balance Assistant (MRBA) program means it literally. A robot designed to aid...
by Unber Shafiq | September 28, 2022 | Health, Medical
The Apple Watch health features continue to improve with each update. The new operating system on Apple Watch—watchOS9—features an all-new medication app, an FDA-approved Atrial Fibrillation history feature, updates to the sleep app, and various other personalized...
by Bruce Brown | September 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Alliances among digital health enterprises are increasingly common. In the past month, we covered digital therapeutics company Onduo by Verily’s partnership with digital musculoskeletal care provider Sword Health. We also wrote about...