by Bruce Brown | March 28, 2017 | General News, Health
Connected devices are powerful agents of disintermediation, and Health Tech is no exception. Smartphones are taking sophisticated tasks away from professionals and literally putting them in the hands of consumers. We recently wrote about work by a group from...
by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2017 | General News, Health
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a study of male infertility by the National Survey of Family Growth found that 7.5% of all sexually experienced men younger than age 45 reported seeing a fertility doctor during their lifetime....
by Bruce Brown | November 2, 2016 | General News, Health
Basal body temperature changes yield a lot of information about female hormone levels. According to Bongmi, Inc., the company that makes the Femometer, hormone changes two or three days after ovulation can cause a rise in basal body temperature (BBT) from 0.4 to 1.0...
by Bruce Brown | July 26, 2016 | General News, Health
Typical story: you hold off getting pregnant until the “time is right.” And then it doesn’t happen. Just because we decide as couples we’re ready to conceive, doesn’t mean the pregnancy fairy is going to swoop down at your convenience....
by riddhi | October 13, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
Wearables have made inroads in various aspects of healthcare. Prima-Temp will soon pilot its wearable fertility monitor, Priya (formerly called the BLOOM), which was chosen from among many companies who would run a pilot program with top healthcare institutions....