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by William McCleary | July 29, 2022 | Medical
Following its adoption by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), the Minuteful Kidney test from Healthy.io has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It’s a smartphone-based ACR test that looks for albumin, a protein...
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by Bruce Brown | July 28, 2022 | Enabling Tech
We’ve written many times about about brain computer interfaces (BCIs) that enable persons with motor impairment to control a prothesis or even gain a sense of touch via a prosthesis. One of the greatest drawbacks of brain implants, however, is the use of...
by William McCleary | July 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Taking a cue from automatic watches that rely on the energy generated by the wearer, researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have created a battery-free wearable that can monitor vital signs in real-time. So far, their prototype can only track the...
by Bruce Brown | July 26, 2022 | Medical
The scourge of diabetes takes a costly toll. According to the CDC’s 2022 National Diabetes Statistics Report, more than 130 million adults in the U.S. have diabetes or prediabetes. That astounding figure adds weight to the impact of recent study results from...
by Bruce Brown | July 25, 2022 | Medical
Australian digital health smartphone app company ResApp Health is not a stranger to long -time readers of Health Tech Insider. In 2016, we covered ResApp’s eponymous smartphone app that captures and identifies the sounds of coughs. ResApp uses machine learning...
by William McCleary | July 25, 2022 | Medical
As the world settles into life with COVID-19, treatment is becoming ever more important to stave off serious illnesses and hospitalizations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized three COVID-19 treatments: monoclonal antibodies, Paxlovid, and...
