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by Bruce Brown | March 25, 2016 | General News, Health
As the market for Health Tech wearables and mobile apps moves out of infancy, the majority of products focus on broad metabolic measures such as heart rate, blood sugar, and blood pressure. Applications designed to monitor specific diseases or medical conditions in...
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by Bruce Brown | March 24, 2016 | General News, Medical
It’s widely accepted that the cost of healthcare continues to rise , but have you given thought to why that’s happening? There are many contributing factors, but one perhaps not so apparent outside the medical community is paperwork. Physicians and other...
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by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2016 | General News, Medical
There are tons of reasons for remote medical diagnostics, and they’re not limited the difficulties of providing care in developing countries. While the need for care in developing areas is often acute, in other parts of the world remote diagnostics can be a...
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by Bruce Brown | March 22, 2016 | General News, Medical
Most often when we hear about wristband wearables, it’s for a consumer product to count steps, measure heart rate, send and receive messages and alerts, and even tell time. As wearable devices gain functions, accuracy, and wireless communications, however, an...
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by Bruce Brown | March 21, 2016 | General News, Health
Have you ever tried to tie lace-up shoes with one hand? In the past few years, I had that experience three times following rotator cuff surgery on each shoulder and a trigger finger release on my left hand. In each case I lived through just a few days of awkwardness,...
