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by Bruce Brown | September 25, 2018 | General News, Health
With groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending that infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six months or longer, it’s no wonder the rates of breastfed babies have risen dramatically in...
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by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2018 | General News, Health
After the cool factor wears off with health and wellness wearables, ease of use and unobtrusiveness matter more when people move to the next thing and get on with their lives. In order to convince most people to continue to use wearables and to attract new...
by Bruce Brown | May 25, 2018 | General News, Health
People with dementia, memory problems, and other cognitive disorders often have difficulty with daily self-care tasks. Common acts such as eating, bathing, and getting dressed can become insurmountable challenges without assistance. In addition to the loss of...
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by Bruce Brown | November 17, 2017 | General News, Health
Way back in the early history of wearable Health Tech, we wrote about the original Spire. That was in mid-2014 when battery-operated devices with integrated biometric sensors that transmit data via Bluetooth to smartphone apps for health purposes were a new thing....
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by Alfred Poor | September 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We’ve been waiting for this news for a long, long time. “Smart garments” with incorporated sensors and wireless connections have enormous potential, but to date, they have almost exclusively been designed for fitness enthusiasts. The rare exceptions...
