by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2017 | General News, Medical
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, trailing only Alzheimer’s Disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1% of the population aged 60 have Parkinson’s and the...
by Alfred Poor | July 4, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is the need for new technology to provide user interfaces for wearable devices and other digital electronics. Touch screens and keyboards simply are not practical solutions as devices get smaller and smaller....
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by Bruce Brown | July 3, 2017 | General News, Health
Kangaroo Care (KC) techniques were originally used for preterm babies in Bogota, Columbia, in the 1970s. The goal was to create an alternative to expensive incubators in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) that weren’t available. KC was named because of the...
by Alfred Poor | July 3, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
If we only knew enough about the lives and health of enough people, we could derive all the information we’d need to know to predict and prevent many diseases, and to improve treatments and outcomes. That’s the promise of Big Data, and many people...
by Bruce Brown | June 30, 2017 | General News, Health
In Spring 2016 Finnish communications giant Nokia bought French health tech pioneering company Withings. Nokia’s then-President Ramzi Haidamus stated in a press release that Withings would run the digital health business. No brand name decisions or changes were...
by Alfred Poor | June 30, 2017 | General News, Health
It’s been half a century since a cigarette company launched a campaign aimed at women with the slogan, “You’ve come a long way, baby!” Today, companies are still looking for an edge by making products targeting the female half of the...
