Device Helps Women Strengthen Bladder Control

by Alfred Poor | June 22, 2015 | Health

As many as one third to one half of women experience urinary incontinence at some point in their lives. One contributing factor is injury or loss of tone in the pelvic floor muscles, which can be the  result of childbirth or aging. It is possible to strengthen these...

Wearable Tech Insider Podcast Posted for June 19

by Alfred Poor | June 19, 2015 | Podcast

New podcast’s up. Coverage includes Fitbit IPO, Intel buys Recon, Hitachi’s happiness monitor (sort of), and Augmate’s enterprise management tool. Dan Rosenbaum, producer and host, with Health Tech Insider’s Alfred Poor and music by Michael...

Drug-Free Pain Relief Available [video]

by Alfred Poor | June 19, 2015 | Health

According to some sources, as many as 100 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic pain. This can be treated in a variety of ways, including medication, but these treatments are not always effective. NeuroMetrix is a spin-off from the Harvard-MIT Division of...

Jefferson and Blue Cross Team Up for Innovation

by Alfred Poor | June 19, 2015 | Health, Medical

Thomas Jefferson University is one of the largest medical schools in the U.S., and is affiliated with Jefferson Health which has five hospitals and other services in the greater Philadelphia Area. Independence Blue Cross (IBX) is the leading health insurance company...

Wrist Device Sales to Grow 20% a Year

by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical

Another week, another sales forecast in the wearable Health Tech industry. This one comes from the market research firm IndustryArc. Their new report,  “Wrist Wearable Devices Market Analysis (2013 – 2020)” breaks the industry into four separate...

New Sensor Chip to Harvest Power [video]

by Alfred Poor | June 18, 2015 | Enabling Tech

The dream system for monitoring a person’s biometric data is a network of always-on sensors distributed around the body, generating all sorts of useful data ranging from vital signs to the levels of different compounds in the blood or tissues. One of the keys to...