by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2015 | Medical
People often speak of the “miracle of modern medicine” and how it saves lives. The most effective drugs in the world can be rendered worthless, however, if patients do not take them as prescribed. Adherence to treatment instructions is a major problem in...
by Alfred Poor | April 24, 2015 | Medical
Wearable Health Tech devices clearly hold the potential to lower healthcare costs and improve outcomes through early detection and more effective monitoring of treatment. However, there’s another area that could also yield enormous financial benefits from this...
by Alfred Poor | November 26, 2014 | Health, Medical
When it comes to gathering, the honeybee is perhaps the most tireless and focused animal on the planet. Perhaps that’s why it was chosen as the namesake for a program by researchers at Arizona State University. Project HoneyBee is a program intended to validate...
by Alfred Poor | August 1, 2014 | Medical
Why is this woman smiling? She is wearing a prototype of a kidney dialysis machine that is wearable. For most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), treatment requires frequent visits to a dialysis clinic where large machines process their blood to remove the...
