by Bruce Brown | March 19, 2021 | Health
The opioid addiction epidemic didn’t disappear during the COVID-10 pandemic. There’s no vaccine that protects people from substance use disorder. We’ve written about a wide variety of technologies aimed at helping people with addiction. For example,...
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by Amantha May | March 19, 2021 | Medical
ThinkLabs One, a small but powerful electronic stethoscope, recently earned approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration of Australia (TGA). Visionflex, an Australian company dedicated to increasing healthcare access in remote and isolated locations through...
by Bruce Brown | March 18, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Progressive ocular diseases such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are sneaky. The diseases often start with minimal effect and advance unnoticed until causing significant and irreparable damage. Early treatment is highly desirable with ocular...
by Bruce Brown | March 17, 2021 | Health
International Data Corporation (IDC) recently published its Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker for the last quarter of 2020. The report also summarized global wearables shipment data for the full year. Despite COVID-19, and due in part to the pandemic, global...
by Amantha May | March 17, 2021 | Health
“Alexa, do I have atrial fibrillation?” “I’ll listen to your heartbeat now to check for irregular rhythms…” That’s a conversation you might have with your smart speaker soon if you have concerns about any type of irregular heart rhythm. Researchers from...
by Bruce Brown | March 16, 2021 | Health
Nearly every day brings new announcements or reports of studies about remote patient management (RPM). The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the pace of RPM adoption, but the requisite technologies were already in place. According to a recent survey by VivaLNK, RPM will be...
