by Bruce Brown | December 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
When traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) results in the loss of motor function in both arms and legs, known as quadriplegia, life expectancy shortens. Quality of life is substantially affected through a loss of independence. Quadriplegia is most commonly...
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by Alfred Poor | December 9, 2016 | General News, Health
It’s not uncommon to see children wearing earphones, from toddlers to teens. Sadly, it’s also not uncommon for these young people to suffer from hearing loss. According to Puro Sound Labs, one out of every five teenagers have some hearing loss. A major...
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by Bruce Brown | December 8, 2016 | General News, Health
The tsunami of Health Tech device development keeps growing. In spite of apparent waning market interest in fitness wearables, research continues at a rapid pace by university, hospital, private industry, and government researchers. Digital health development is...
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by Alfred Poor | December 8, 2016 | General News, Health
We’ve covered devices here that actively stimulate your brain using electrical current (such as the Thync), but it’s also possible to alter your mood simply by using technology to monitor your brain activity. With feedback from this information, you can...
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by Bruce Brown | December 7, 2016 | General News, Health
Prior to the interest in high protein diets, tracking ketone levels has long been an important health indicator for specific diseases and health conditions. Ketones are a class of organic compound that occurs when the liver breaks down fatty acids to produce energy...
by Alfred Poor | December 7, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Here at Health Tech Insider, we cover a lot of energy technology stories. We do this, because the future success of wearable Health Tech devices requires that we get away from replacing batteries and plugging in to recharge. Like a $25 wrist watch that will keep...
