Forget Insulin Shots; Take a Pill [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 27, 2019 | Enabling Tech

We write about new developments for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes nearly every week. Diabetes continues to increase worldwide; people continue to resist the lifestyle changes that can prevent or lessen the effects of diabetes. New medical technology have the...

Healthcare Email Fraud Attacks Increase 473%

by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2019 | Medical

Computer security threats to healthcare continue apace; attackers target electronic health records, telemedicine, and patient portals. Last year we covered eSentire’s report that the healthcare industry was facing a growing cyber threat, especially with...

Self-Regulating Fabric Reacts to Body Temperature

by Bruce Brown | February 25, 2019 | Health

What if we could drop the need for layered clothing to add or shed when the air temperature changes? We write fairly often about developments in smart clothing with embedded biometric sensors in which the garments play a literally supporting role as transport...

Cardiac Energy Charges Implant Batteries [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 22, 2019 | Enabling Tech

Worldwide, patients have more than one million plus pacemakers and 200,000 plus defibrillators implanted each year. Current technology requires follow-up surgery to replace batteries as needed, typically every five to 10 years. In the past four years, we’ve...

FDA OKs App-Recommended Insulin Dosage

by Bruce Brown | February 21, 2019 | Health

Advances in diabetes management is always big news due to the prevalence of the disease. The CDC’s latest (2017) report states that 30.2 million U.S. adults had diabetes, including 7.2 million, who were unaware of having the disease or not getting treatment. The...

Cedars-Sinai Counts Post-Op Steps to Predict Discharge [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 20, 2019 | Medical

Companies that sell step counters often recommend 10,000 steps a day as a fitness goal. The medical community doesn’t fall totally, um, in step with a fixed goal for everyone, but even the Mayo Clinic uses 10,000 steps as a reference point when urging people to...