by Alfred Poor | December 24, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
Since we launched Health Tech Insider more than a year and a half ago, we have published more than 700 stories about wearable devices for health and medical applications, as well as coverage of new enabling technologies. As we near the end of the year, it is...
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by Bruce Brown | December 17, 2015 | General News, Medical
The scourge of migraine headaches in the United States is relentless. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, more than 12% of all Americans suffer migraines, including children, women, and men. Approximately one quarter of all U.S. households include a...
by Alfred Poor | December 17, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
In many ways, humans are electrical beings. From nerve impulses to changes in the conductivity of our skin and other body parts, electrical charges play a major role in many of our essential functions. Empatica is a company in Cambridge, MA, that is trying to harness...
by Bruce Brown | December 8, 2015 | General News, Health
You needn’t look hard to notice the raft of new wearable health tech devices from almost as many companies, universities, and research labs. We cover many of the most significant devices here at Health Tech Insider. The arrival of so many new sensing, soothing,...
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by Alfred Poor | November 16, 2015 | General News, Medical
Patients who have lost kidney function to injury or disease must rely on dialysis machines to cleanse their blood of excess fluid, salts, and toxins. This typically requires that they sit, hooked up to a machine in a clinical setting, for 12 to 15 hours every...
