by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2019 | Medical
For patients with chronic breathing conditions — such as asthma — an inhaler literally can be a lifesaver. The devices are small, portable, and provide nearly instant relief through a dose of medication. But they are not without their limitations. How well...
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by Bruce Brown | October 25, 2019 | Health
We first looked at Helsinki-based Oura‘s sleep and activity tracking Oura Ring in 2017. Oura released a new version of the Oura Ring earlier this year and more recently added Moment, an app-directed feature to help wearers quantify the impact of meditation, breathing...
by Bruce Brown | October 24, 2019 | Health
The CDC reports that between 10% and 15% of people with diabetes will develop diabetic foot ulcers during their lives. With more than 30 million diabetics in the U.S. and 84 million-plus with pre-diabetes, early foot ulcer detection gives patients the best way to...
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by Alfred Poor | October 24, 2019 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
If you’re a frequent reader of Health Tech Insider (or better yet, a subscriber to our free weekly email newsletter), you know that we’re cheerleaders for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare because it has the potential to save lives and lower costs...
by Bruce Brown | October 23, 2019 | Medical
We’ve written about advances in telehealth and telemedicine implementations many times in the past few years. We most recently wrote about significant increases in physician telehealth adoption reported in American Well’s Telehealth Index 2019 Physician...
by Bruce Brown | October 22, 2019 | Medical
We’ve written about the Hexoskin health sensing smart shirt several times, including the device’s use with young athletes and astronauts. Now Hexoskin has an additional application: monitoring patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)....
