by Bruce Brown | January 30, 2018 | General News, Medical
A comprehensive report on healthcare industry security paints a bleak picture. eSentire, a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service provider, found the healthcare industry susceptible to the “most basic opportunistic attacks.” The report outlines...
by Kimberly Houston | January 30, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Most of us go through the day without stopping to think about the remarkable functionality our limbs provide, and the many tasks they allow us to do. When someone loses a limb due to injury or illness, a prosthetic limb can restore some of the capabilities lost, but...
by Bruce Brown | January 29, 2018 | General News, Medical
Biosensors perform front-line duty with health tech wearables. We’ve written about enabling technologies that improve or extend the use of sensors in the past, including stretchable sensors, optical sensors, and even sensors fabricated from graphene putty....
by Bruce Brown | January 26, 2018 | General News, Health
It couldn’t have worked out better if they planned it that way. Science-led global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare and wearable pain solution innovator NeuroMetrix announced a technology sale and a multiyear development collaboration deal...
by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2018 | General News, Health
Single-purpose wrist, pendant, or pin-on emergency alert devices have been available for decades. Smartwatches paired with smartphones running health and wellness apps are commonplace. In a further step for wearable alert products, Shenzhen-based mobile device...
by Kimberly Houston | January 25, 2018 | General News, Medical
The statistics are sobering; at least half of the world’s population cannot access essential health services, and many households are pushed into poverty because they must pay their own health care costs. These were the findings in a new report released by the World...