Activity Trackers Help Monitor Heart Patients

by Alfred Poor | June 29, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

I often take pot shots at “expensive pedometers that aren’t very accurate,” but the fact is that the traditional “fitness tracker” is morphing into a useful device for health and medical applications. My smartwatch initially overcounted...

Free App Helps Adults Manage IBD [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 28, 2018 | General News, Health

The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is on the rise in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). Previously thought to affect 1.3 million Americans 18 and older, a 2016 CDC study found IBD affects approximately...

Low-Energy Components Power New Wearables

by Alfred Poor | June 28, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

I own a classic Timex watch. It cost me less than $30, and it runs for a few years on a single, inexpensive, coin cell battery. The most difficult aspect of living with this watch is finding someone to change the battery for me when it runs down. This watch tells the...

Wearable Robotics Assist with Movement and Rehabilitation [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2018 | General News, Medical

Of all the wearables for health and medical applications, exoskeletons may be the most exciting and the most visible. Researchers explore robotic exoskeletons to alleviate physical workload, to substitute for impaired or nonfunctional human limbs, and to assist with...

Senior Deaths from Falls Continue to Rise

by Alfred Poor | June 27, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

If there was a disease that killed nearly 30,000 deaths in 2016, that might get your attention. If this cause of death has increased by about 3% a year since 2007, you might wonder how that could be. Aren’t we supposed to be getting better outcomes from modern...

Workplace Safety With AR-Empowered Wearables

by Bruce Brown | June 26, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health

In response to the magnitude of workplace dangers and health threats, in 1970 the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) spun off NIOSH: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH conducts research and recommends ways to prevent...