by Bruce Brown | June 23, 2022 | Health
Hearables account for a growing segment of the wearables market. In 2021, IDC predicted hearables would dominate the double-digit growth in wearables overall through 2024. Most developers in the hearables category focus on devices, in categories such as earbuds,...
by William McCleary | June 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Some of the latest telehealth technology and services were on display at the recent ATA2022 Conference and Expo, the American Telemedicine Association’s annual gathering that welcomes top telehealth professionals from across the globe. This year’s event,...
by Unber Shafiq | June 22, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Auscultation is a non-invasive and inexpensive medical diagnostic practice that uses a stethoscope. It’s a fancy word for listening to a patient’s lungs, heart, and intestine, as well as other internal sounds of the body, using a stethoscope. Contemporary...
by Bruce Brown | June 21, 2022 | Medical
In November 2021, the CDC used provisional data to estimate that U.S. deaths from opioid overdoses rose to 100,306 for the 12-month period that ended in April 2021. That number is a 28.5% increase from the 78,506 deals in the previous 12 months. Researchers from the...
by Unber Shafiq | June 21, 2022 | Health
More and more people are turning to smartphone apps to deal with a range of medical and mental health issues. Rootd is one such digital therapeutic designed to help people with panic attack and anxiety relief. Following the recent invasion of Ukraine, the company has...
by Bruce Brown | June 20, 2022 | Health
Adolescence was tough enough when we were kids. Today’s young people are growing up during what a White House Briefing Room fact sheet describes as “an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages.” The fact sheet cites...