by Bruce Brown | October 14, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Ongoing work with touch-sensitive artificial skin at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has great promise for gaming, training, and medical rehabilitation. Scientists at the French technology education and research institution recently published their...
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by Bruce Brown | October 11, 2019 | Health
Fitbit smartwatch users who live in select EU countries will soon be able to monitor their heart rhythm with the FibriCheck Fitbit app, previously available only with smartphones. The CE-marked FibriCheck employs Fitbit’s PPG (photoplethysmography) sensors to...
by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2019 | Medical
The FDA has cleared Abbott’s Proclaim XR neurostimulation system; this allows the company to market its long-term chronic pain relief implant as an alternative to pharmaceutical options. Neurostimulation relieves pain by interrupting pain signals on their way...
by Bruce Brown | October 9, 2019 | Health
Medical and health care instructions aren’t for sissies. Pre- and post-surgery instructions, physical therapy rehab exercise guidelines, and medication side effects and interaction warnings can be confusing. People with multiple chronic conditions, such as...
by Alfred Poor | October 9, 2019 | Medical
We cover a lot of telehealth stories here because they typically involve connected wearable and mobile devices. Such services are popular with patients as they make it easier to access a healthcare professional without having to travel to a doctor’s office or...
by Bruce Brown | October 8, 2019 | Health
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently published a report in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering that demonstrated proof-of-concept of an early-stage home heart health monitoring technology embodied in a bathroom scale. The Georgia Tech...
