Blood Pressure System Adds New Education Components

by William McCleary | March 17, 2023 | General News, Health

We know all about health-tech devices that monitor and measure, gauging heart rate, blood pressure, ECG, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature, and more with ever-increasing accuracy. But what about health technology that also educates? That question lies behind a...

Smart Patches Used in New Study of At-Risk Heart Patients

by Bruce Brown | March 16, 2023 | Health, Medical

When is getting exercise not a good idea? Working out could result in sudden death for people with a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM, the most prevalent cause of sudden death of young athletes, is a genetic condition that is often...

Best Buy Partners With Atrium Health for Home Healthcare

by William McCleary | March 15, 2023 | General News, Health

Atrium Health and Best Buy Health have forged a significant partnership. Through this union, Atrium Health will take advantage of Best Buy’s infrastructure and technical strengths to help provide a wide range of services, including remote patient monitoring (RPM), to...

Now Use a Smartphone to Diagnose TB From Cough Sounds

by Unber Shafiq | March 15, 2023 | Medical

The current diagnosis of TB requires sputum samples, which can be challenging to obtain and analyze, especially in remote and low-income areas. The use of a smartphone application to monitor coughs could provide an innovative solution to this challenge. According to a...

CES 2023: Free App for Smartphones Displays Conversation as It’s Spoken [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 14, 2023 | Health

Based on what we saw at CES, 2023 may be a breakthrough year for smart glasses and their apps to help users with impaired hearing. We already covered XanderGlasses: a high-tech wearable that uses augmented reality to display real-time conversation captions on the...

Custom 3D-Prints Now Provide Scaffold for Bone Repair

by Unber Shafiq | March 14, 2023 | Medical

Evonik, a leading specialty chemical company, and BellaSeno, a medical company focused on regenerative implants, have announced their joint efforts in advancing the commercialization of 3D-printed bioresorbable implants for bone regeneration. The two companies first...