by Bruce Brown | October 18, 2018 | General News, Health
New products with claimed medical applications need to clear FDA hurdles to be marketed and sold in the U.S. Products that purport to measure biomarkers with previously untested technologies face extra scrutiny. Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an optical technique used...
by Bruce Brown | March 28, 2018 | General News, Health
AliveCor’s KardiaBand scored twice in recent clinical studies. It’s uncommon for us to cover the same product twice in the same year, let alone the same calendar quarter. Here’s one of those exceptions that prove the rule. We wrote about the afib...
by Alfred Poor | March 26, 2018 | General News, Medical
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common chronic heart condition characterized by an irregular heartbeat. According to CDC, about six million people in the U.S. have AFib; one in three will experience a stroke and one in four will have heart failure. Early diagnosis and...
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 | January 17, 2018 | General News, Medical
Nearly all fitness trackers and smart watches track heart rate, with serious athletes and weekend warriors alike using them to train. Turns out, there’s much more some wearable devices can do when it comes to heart health, including saving lives. Atrial fibrillation...
