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...

At-Home Dialysis System Now Adds Remote Management

by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2022 | Medical

Treatments that used to happen only in hospitals and clinical settings continue to move into the home. Kidney disease patients who use a Fresenius Liberty Select Cycler for peritoneal dialysis at home won’t need as many in-person appointments with their...

Smart Safety Vest Can Go Beyond the Job Site [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2022 | Health

Most wearable biosensor technology stories involve wrist-worn or handheld technology, but Swanholm Technology AB’s Connected Safety Vest is much larger. Originally developed to aid truck driver safety, potential applications for Swanholm’s AI-driven vest...

Does Your Tracker Know How Long You Will Live?

by William McCleary | November 7, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health

Can one’s fitness tracker gauge their risk of death over years? It seems so. That’s the overall finding from a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois that employed around 100,000 participants in the UK Biobank, a massive biomedical...