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by Alfred Poor | May 14, 2019 | Health
For a long time, I’ve been predicting that the future of fitness trackers is with the enterprise customers, not consumers. While these devices are “nice to haves” for individuals — especially exercise enthusiasts — they don’t save...
by Alfred Poor | November 29, 2018 | General News, Health
Conventional wisdom says that people quickly tire of their fitness bands, and shove them into the back of a drawer somewhere. New research from Valencell paints a very different picture. An online survey provides an update for the study that the company conducted two...
by Bruce Brown | August 23, 2018 | General News, Health
Approximately 40% of American adults are obese; according to the CDC’s latest figures this adds $140 billion in healthcare costs each year. You can bet that the insurance industry would like to see a turnaround in these figures. Long-term adherence to fitness...
by Bruce Brown | August 16, 2018 | General News, Medical
Subjective reporting about healthy behaviors results in data that are shaky at best and outright wrong and misleading in the worst cases. A metastudy of medical adherence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published in 2014 found patient noncompliance...
by Bruce Brown | July 13, 2018 | General News, Health
Wearable devices abound that track data to aid fitness and sports enthusiasts. Biometric sensors in watches, headbands, shoes, bracelets, and even clothing can monitor physiological indicators significant to people with chronic diseases such as diabetes and...
