by Bruce Brown | January 24, 2020 | Health
As of 2016, 93.3 million U.S. adults were obese, according to the CDC. That number equals 39.8% of Americans who are more prone than non-obese adults to heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, and some forms of cancer. Those conditions and diseases, taken as a group,...
by Bruce Brown | January 23, 2020 | Medical
Today’s headlines announce the latest confirmed global numbers of cases and deaths of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. We won’t know the outcome of nCoV for months, possibly years. However, we do know that overdose deaths from opioids in the U.S. increased...
by Bruce Brown | January 22, 2020 | Enabling Tech
We are fascinated by energy-harvesting technologies. When we read or hear about new continuous-monitoring biometric sensing wearables and medical implants, one of the first questions that come to mind is, “OK, but what’s the power source?” Frequent...
by Bruce Brown | January 21, 2020 | Medical
Telemedicine benefits include outreach to patients in remote areas and helping make scarce healthcare resources more accessible. Digital visits also save time and travel expenses for both patients and healthcare professionals. We’ve written about a wide range of...
by Bruce Brown | January 20, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Sweat sensors that monitor biomarkers could be the secret sauce that differentiates fitness wearables. We’ve written about sweat-sensing technology often, including stretchable sweat sensors developed by scientists at the University of Glasgow School of...
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by Bruce Brown | January 17, 2020 | Health
We’ve written about Withings multiple times on Health Tech Insider. We covered Withings’ wearables including smartwatches, smart scales, blood pressure monitors, ECG watches, temperature monitors, sleep aids, and more. We tracked Nokia’s acquisition...
