by William McCleary | September 28, 2022 | Health, Medical
Catch me if I fall. The idiom has been used metaphorically in songs, literature, and common speech for a long time. But the team of Singapore-based researchers behind the Mobile Robotic Balance Assistant (MRBA) program means it literally. A robot designed to aid...
by Unber Shafiq | September 28, 2022 | Health, Medical
The Apple Watch health features continue to improve with each update. The new operating system on Apple Watch—watchOS9—features an all-new medication app, an FDA-approved Atrial Fibrillation history feature, updates to the sleep app, and various other personalized...
by Bruce Brown | September 27, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health
Alliances among digital health enterprises are increasingly common. In the past month, we covered digital therapeutics company Onduo by Verily’s partnership with digital musculoskeletal care provider Sword Health. We also wrote about...
by Unber Shafiq | September 27, 2022 | Medical
The attitude of most healthcare consumers has changed post-pandemic and people are eager to continue their wellness journey without further delaying screenings and check-ups, according to the new Health Care Insights Study 2022 by CVS Health. The study surveyed 400...
by Bruce Brown | September 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
We know that large, well-known companies such as Abbot, Medtronic, and Withings bring new digital health tech products to market. Small start-up companies with a new idea often lack sufficient resources to take those ideas all the way through design, development,...
by William McCleary | September 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Yes, “zombie bacteria” is a real thing; it’s a phrase that was coined over a decade ago to label technically dead microbial bacteria that feeds on organic compounds. For the world of wearables, what these proteobacteria consume is less compelling...