Portal Lets Patients Share Wearable Data with Doctors

Portal Lets Patients Share Wearable Data with Doctors

According to market research firm IDC, 26.4 million wearable devices were shipped in 2014. The firm expects the shipments to grow by 173% to reach 72 million units in 2015. Wearable devices capture multiple health and fitness related data points. They capture heart...
Guidelines for Wearable Health Tech Proposed

Guidelines for Wearable Health Tech Proposed

Mobile health and wearables generate huge amounts of data that is different from what is traditionally captured. This has given rise to new challenges for not only developers but also healthcare providers and users. With increased availability of wearables and mobile...
JUNE – Protecting Skin from UV Rays

JUNE – Protecting Skin from UV Rays

With changing lifestyles, consumers tend to stay indoors for more hours. And when they are outdoors they lather up in sunscreen lotions to avoid various skin ailments including aging and cancer. Sunscreen lotions with various SPF strengths are available in the market...
Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Microsoft Touts Windows 10 for Healthcare

Unless you’ve been living under a technology-insulated rock, you’re probably aware that Microsoft recently released the newest version of the company’s operating system, Windows 10. What you may have missed, however, was Microsoft’s pitch that...
Dealing with the Inevitable Errors

Dealing with the Inevitable Errors

In general usage, “error” means a mistake. In scientific circles, however, error is part of everyday life where certainty is rare. Whenever you try to measure something, there will always be some level of uncertainty. Maybe something is closer to 2 inches...