Telehealth Weight Loss Program Proves Effective

by Kimberly Houston | February 14, 2018 | General News, Health

We all know excess weight adversely affects our health. Obesity increases the risk for many serious diseases and conditions, including hypertension (high blood pressure), type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some cancers, to name just a few. But knowing that...

Smart Thermometer Data Tracks Spreading Flu [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 13, 2018 | General News, Health

The winter 2017-2018 flu season rages on, with millions of U.S. victims getting very sick with a malady that takes a long time to move on. Seasonal influenza, aka the flu, has a hospitalization rate of 51.4 per 100,000 people, higher than rate recorded at this stage...

Smart Pill Monitors Stomach Gases [video]

by Kimberly Houston | February 13, 2018 | General News, Medical

A healthy gut is a topic that gets a lot of attention these days, especially as findings increasingly suggest that digestive health impacts other areas of human health. Microbes, also called gut flora or microbiota, help with our digestion. According to the National...

Device Mimics Fever to Relieve Autistic Behavior

by Bruce Brown | February 12, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

According to the CDC, one child of every 69 born in the U.S. has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In 2017 the Hindustan Times in Delhi, India, stated the ratio in that country is one in 89 children. We have written about other health tech developed for people with...

Smartphone App Aids Post-Surgical Wound Care

by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2018 | General News, Medical

According to the American College of Surgeons, surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common form of hospital-acquired infection and the most frequent cause for readmission after surgery. In addition to their frequency, SSI readmissions are costly; the average...

Pacemaker-like Brain Implant Slows Alzheimer’s [video]

by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2018 | General News, Medical

Researchers and scientists worldwide tackle Alzheimer’s Disease’s high threat status for aging adults. The gradually debilitating disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.; it kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined....