by Bruce Brown | December 14, 2017 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine’s new-kid-on-the-block status as a healthcare service delivery mode sounds like a perfect solution for a rapidly growing number of diseases, health conditions, and patient circumstances. Without broad stakeholder acknowledgment, support, and...
by Bruce Brown | November 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable health tech devices are so 2015. The market for wristbands, clip-on sensors, and pendants has just begun to take off, but health tech research and development increasingly focus on invisible technology. Sensors woven into material used to manufacture...
by Bruce Brown | September 28, 2017 | General News, Medical
If you think keeping track of medication for yourself and your family is tricky, imagine what it’s like in a hospital. We’ve looked at personal pillboxes and dispensers for home use such as the EllieGrid, Pillo, and the Hero. Finland-based New...
by Alfred Poor | April 21, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
The eyes may be the window to the soul, but a substance as prosaic as sweat could provide a way to measure a wide range of hidden activities going on in your body. We tend to think of sweat as salty water (if we think about it at all), but the fact is that it is a...
by Bruce Brown | November 21, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Health professionals encourage people diagnosed as prediabetic and those already diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) to eat right and exercise to prevent, delay, or lessen the severity of the disease. Unfortunately, exercise isn’t always realistic for people...