Can Electricity Make Meditation Better? 

by William McCleary | November 18, 2022 | Health

Does a little electrical head stimulation make meditation easier? The folks at Bodhi NeuroTech say yes; the South Carolina-based tech startup is planning the launch of a headset that delivers gentle electrical currents designed to activate areas of the brain that are...

Your Phone’s Smarts Now Can Improve Your Hearing

by Bruce Brown | November 17, 2022 | Health

Health Tech Insider often covers new developments in hearable technology, starting well before the 2017 OTC Hearing Aid Act legislation. The law directed the FDA to create a category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The act’s intent is to loosen...

Smart Platform Now Makes Diabetes Management Easier

by William McCleary | November 16, 2022 | Medical

Following the FDA clearance of its Tempo Smart Button in September, Eli Lilly and Company is debuting a connected platform to aid in the self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The platform includes the said Bluetooth-connected device that detects, stores, and...

New Evidence That Fitness Trackers Can Predict Premature Births [video]

by William McCleary | November 14, 2022 | Health

The percentage of preterm births in the United States has been on the rise for decades, and today around 1 in 10 infants who are delivered in the U.S. have gestation times of 37 weeks or fewer. These preterm infants have significantly higher mortality rates than...

A New Wearable Measures Brain Activity

by William McCleary | November 11, 2022 | Enabling Tech

If you’ve ever had a brain scan, or even just seen one on TV, you probably know that it’s kind of a big deal. Measuring brain activity usually involves functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) — that’s when the patient goes into the big humming...

A Device for Custom-Fit Face Masks [video]

by William McCleary | November 9, 2022 | Enabling Tech

One might be tempted to believe that “one size fits all” applies to face masks, but most of us know that not to be true. And ill-fitting face masks can greatly increase the risk of both transmitting and contracting airborne diseases, as they allow aerosols...