E-stim Implants Restore Walking [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2018 | General News, Medical

Physical therapists and sports trainers primarily use neurostimulation to reduce pain and augment rehabilitation. The CDC keeps a running section on the ScienceDirect website with articles about external and implanted neurostimulators. Medical professionals...

Muse 2 Adds Sensors to Support Meditation

by Bruce Brown | November 6, 2018 | General News, Health

Mindfulness practices in the workplace result in improved health and lower employers costs, according to original research supported by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, published by the CDC. According to...

Deep Learning AI Assesses Breast Density

by Bruce Brown | November 5, 2018 | General News, Medical

Almost one-quarter of a million new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in 2015, the last year for which the CDC has data. In that year 41,523 women died of breast cancer in the U.S. The CDC states that for every 100,000 women, 125 new breast cancer cases were...

Medical Alerts Trump Consumer Security Concerns

by Bruce Brown | November 2, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical

  We seldom hear about advances in healthcare technology that are not data-centric. New types and uses for sensors, transmission tech, analytical algorithms, and reporting software are all potential points of information security vulnerability. We’ve noted that...

AI-based Family Planning App Comparable to the Pill

by Bruce Brown | November 1, 2018 | General News, Health

Pharmaceutical and mechanical methods for avoiding pregnancy have the highest effectiveness rates. New approaches that claim equivalent or better performance often use spotty science or dubious measurement reporting. We raised a flag when the FDA recently cleared a...

Smart Stickers Alert At-Risk Heart Patients [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 31, 2018 | General News, Health

Heart surgery is scary enough when patients anticipate what could happen during the procedure. After hospital discharge, however, heart surgery patients can find the need to self-monitor even more worrisome. The concern is not unfounded, as a 2016 study in Progressive...