by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2019 | Health
Planet Earth is bullish on wearables. The latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker outlines a continued upward trend year-over-year. Total wearable shipments during 2019’s first quarter increased by 55.2% from Q1...
by Bruce Brown | June 19, 2019 | General News, Health, Medical
Suicide is the second most frequent cause of death among people aged 10 to 34 in the U.S. and the fourth most frequent cause of death for people between the ages of 34 and 54, according to the CDC. We have written about programs that use AI to help children make wiser...
by Bruce Brown | June 18, 2019 | Health
In the past five years, we’ve observed a variety of neurostimulation applications to reduce pain. We’ve written about neurostimulation used with patients with migraine, depression, diabetic nerve damage detection, back pain, opioid withdrawal, and more....
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by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2019 | Medical
The opioid crisis has increased interest in non-pharmacological solutions for pain management, and one of the promising technologies for this application is virtual reality (VR). One problem is that the required hardware — the goggles and other supporting...
by Bruce Brown | June 17, 2019 | Health
Another tech company has joined the hunt for AI algorithm-driven cough-analysis. Since early 2016 we’ve covered Australian-based ResApp Health’s smartphone-only product that captures a more complete sound frequency range when a cough exits a...
by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2019 | Fitness, Health
One of my recurring themes is that the focus of health and fitness tracking is rapidly shifting from personal choice to employers, insurers, and healthcare systems. This change is driven by the fact that these corporate entities are the ones that stand to benefit...
