by William McCleary | November 30, 2022 | Health, Medical
Babylon Health is getting behind Fitbits in a big way. The London-based digital-first healthcare provider is giving the popular activity trackers to a select number of its around 20 million members in 15 countries. While Babylon hasn’t laid out the criteria for...
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by Unber Shafiq | November 30, 2022 | Medical
The usual infusion kit used to administer insulin from an insulin pump to the body has to be changed every two to three days. The Medtronic Extended infusion set by Medtronic plc’s is now approved for up to seven days of wear. The revolutionary infusion set...
by Bruce Brown | November 29, 2022 | Health
We often write about hearables and hearing aid technologies for adults. But what about infants? The U.S. and other countries with strong economies already test new newborn hearing, but that’s not the case in poorer countries largely because in-hospital hearing...
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by Bruce Brown | November 28, 2022 | Medical
Sprinter Health and Firefly Health recently announced a partnership to improve patient care at home. Sprinter Health sends licensed health professionals to diagnose and provide care for patients directly in their homes. Firefly Health is a health plan company that...
by William McCleary | November 28, 2022 | Medical
The line between wearable activity trackers and clinical-grade health monitors seems to be getting blurrier by the day. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that consumer activity-tracking wearables may support clinical care. The...
by William McCleary | November 25, 2022 | Enabling Tech
It acts like a brain and feels like skin. And unlike smartwatches, this flexible device doesn’t need to send the data that it collects to another device for analysis. Instead, this recently developed AI chip from researchers at the University of Chicago’s...
