Pneumonia Diagnostic Jacket Saves Ugandan Lives

by Bruce Brown | November 6, 2017 | General News, Medical

If you were making a list of difficult field diagnoses for deadly diseases, pneumonia would be at or near the top. UNICEF reports that “pneumonia kills half a million children under five in sub-Saharan Africa each year.” According to Dr. Mark Young, UNICEF...

In-home Vision Screener Tracks Changes Over Time [video]

by Jim Ware | November 6, 2017 | General News, Health

What if getting your eyes checked were as easy as strapping a View-Master-like device to your smartphone and following a series of on-screen prompts? If EyeQue’s kickstarter succeeds, its Insight visual acuity screeners will ship as early as March 18. The...

Wearable Gesture Detection Reveals Dietary Behaviors

by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2017 | General News, Health

  Obesity rates in the U.S. remain high and are edging higher in spite of more than a decade of warnings. The most recent CDC statistics show that more than one third of all U.S. adults are obese. Despite the growing evidence of health threats related to obesity,...

States Actively Legislating Telehealth Services [video]

by Jim Ware | November 3, 2017 | General News, Medical

Increasingly, shrinks trade their couches for video screens as a result of advances in state telehealth legislation. That means patients pour their hearts out from the comfort of their homes instead of trekking across town. These advances also mean payers such as...

Fitness Trackers Improve Cardio Rehab Results

by Bruce Brown | November 2, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

The use of wearable activity trackers may or may not improve fitness or cardiovascular health on their own. The jury is still out on long-term benefits of FitBits and similar devices. The immense market potential for wearables — $70+ billion according to one...

3D-Printed Wearable Plastic Battery

by Kimberly Houston | November 2, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News

3D printing has come a long way since it was first invented in 1983. When most of us think of 3D printers, we probably think of design applications and making “cool” things like musical instruments, iPhone cases, lights, printed fabrics, sculptures, tactile maps, and...