by Bruce Brown | December 27, 2018 | Health
Opioid overdoses continue to tear apart our communities. There were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the U.S in 2017, according to the CDC, of which 47,600 were opioid overdoses. West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Kentucky had the highest rates of...
by Bruce Brown | November 12, 2018 | General News, Medical
Anything that helps helps. There is no need to make the case that diabetes continues to be a pervasive health threat to millions upon millions of Americans and, increasingly, throughout developed countries worldwide. People diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes...
by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2018 | General News, Health
Smartphones and tablets have been ripe platforms for app development for years. Smartwatches were late to the party — the first Apple Watch was launched in April 2015, less than three years ago — but they’re catching up fast. App developers must...
by Kimberly Houston | February 1, 2018 | General News, Medical
A hospital stay usually involves being attached to a host of medical devices. But how useful is all that data, really? The FDA recently approved a new method of analyzing data to reduce preventable hospital deaths, which are estimated to number 400,000 yearly in the...
![Smartwatch WaaS Protects Workers, Kids, and Seniors [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Omate-Arkea-On-Life-with-video-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2018 | General News, Health
Single-purpose wrist, pendant, or pin-on emergency alert devices have been available for decades. Smartwatches paired with smartphones running health and wellness apps are commonplace. In a further step for wearable alert products, Shenzhen-based mobile device...
