by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2023 | Medical
When ResMed surveyed U.S. consumer attitudes about digital health technology in 2019, the company reported that the majority of U.S. adults favored digital health tech. Also in 2019, ResMed acquired Propeller Health, a digital therapeutics company. Propeller Health...
by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2020 | Medical
Teva Phamaceutical’s Teva Respiratory, LLC scored again this week with its DigiHaler digital inhaler. We wrote about the ProAir Digihaler last fall when the FDA cleared the albuterol sulfate inhaler for use in patients 4 years of age and older to treat or...
by Bruce Brown | October 9, 2018 | General News, Health
[Image Credit: Dubai SIMs] Asthma doesn’t take pity on children, especially low-income children who live in areas with poor air quality. According to the CDC’s latest statistics, 8.3% of children under age 18 have asthma, the same rate as adults. For...
by Bruce Brown | July 27, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), approximately 26 million Americans — more than 8% of the population — suffer from asthma. A chronic disease that affects the airways in the lungs, asthma’s...
by Alfred Poor | May 25, 2018 | General News, Medical
Chronic breathing problems affect millions worldwide, and cost our healthcare systems billions of dollars every year. According to the Global Asthma Report, about 334 million people suffer from asthma. The World Health Organization estimates that 251 million have...