![Thermal Wristband Heats and Cools [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Embr-Wave-edit.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Kimberly Houston | October 11, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve all been there: you’re in an environment where you’re too hot or too cold, but you can’t do anything about it because you’re not in charge of the temperature control. Now a company has developed a thermal wristband to address this problem. The Embr Wave aims to...
![Smart Bandages Dispense Multiple Meds [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Smart-Bandage-with-video-600x272.png?resize=600%2C272)
by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Research and development entities use the term “smart bandages” to describe their technologies’ function or features. Unfortunately no common understanding of what makes a bandage “smart” has emerged. Smart tech implies the ability to...
by Kimberly Houston | October 10, 2017 | General News, Health
Early detection of skin cancer can drastically improve patient outcomes. Scheduling a quick appointment with a dermatologist every time a skin abnormality appears, however, may keep us from seeing a doctor about it. Now a Miami-based health tech company is developing...
![Computer Vision Glasses Claim to Reduce Eyestrain [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Felix-Gray-with-video-600x278.png?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | October 9, 2017 | General News, Health
Whether we’re bent over our smartphones, holding tablets above our faces while we read in bed, or working with laptops or desktop monitors, many of us spend significant amounts of time staring at displays. All this screen time too often results in digital...
![Corporate Recognition Supports Wellness [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/Rideau-Vistance-RQ-Wellness-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | October 6, 2017 | General News, Health
Change is hard. It’s difficult enough to change our own behavior, even when we know we’d be better off. Setting out to motivate, inspire, challenge, force, influence, or just plain old lead people to behaviors that encourage better health and higher...
![Print Meds on Demand [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/10/pills-with-video.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | October 6, 2017 | General News, Medical
According to a recent survey by Consumer Reports, more than half of people in the U.S. take at least one prescription drug on a regular basis. On average, they take four different medicines. This poses many challenges, ranging from keeping prescriptions filled to...
