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by Bruce Brown | July 12, 2018 | General News, Health
Falls are dangerous and costly, especially for the elderly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year there are more than 29 million falls and 28,000 fall-related deaths among older Americans, resulting in more than $31 billion in...
by Alfred Poor | March 9, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Put your finger here and hold it steady while we scan for biometric data on 100 different health conditions. Science fiction? Today it is, but it may not be for long. Not if a group of researchers at five major universities have their way. Researchers at Rice...
by Bruce Brown | February 6, 2018 | General News, Health
Biosensor devices that can detect specific biomarkers are key components in mobile health tech. In order to be truly useful, however, they must measure well against the current gold standard in medical grade technologies. University and corporate laboratories...
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 | January 3, 2018 | General News, Health
Wearable pharmaceutical research and development usually focus on appropriate drug release. Drug delivery devices can help with patient compliance, dosage timing, and automatic dosing in response to biometric sensing. We’ve written about magnetically-controlled...
