by Bruce Brown | January 5, 2018 | General News, Medical
While developers push forward with new health tech, other research teams on the hunt for solutions for specific medical conditions or health problems sometimes find new uses for existing technology. That’s what happened at MyoKardia, a South San Francisco-based...
by Bruce Brown | November 2, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
The use of wearable activity trackers may or may not improve fitness or cardiovascular health on their own. The jury is still out on long-term benefits of FitBits and similar devices. The immense market potential for wearables — $70+ billion according to one...
by Bruce Brown | February 13, 2017 | General News, Health
Wearables can play a signficant role in the care of seniors, whether they are aging in place or living in a managed care facility. Our country pays a high price for this care, and technology can help make this support more effective while lowering overall costs....
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by Bruce Brown | September 1, 2016 | Health
If you’re out to dinner and decide to just let go and overeat, you can always just loosen your belt a notch and no one will be the wiser, right? Well, you won’t get away with it with a Welt Corporation WELT. The WELT belt tracks your waist size, steps,...
