![Device Stimulates the Brain for Mental Health Treatments [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/07/Fisher-Wallace-Stimulator-with-video-600x280.png?resize=600%2C280)
by Bruce Brown | July 6, 2017 | General News, Medical
Brain stimulation with wearable consumer or medical devices offers a wide range of possible helpful effects. We’ve looked at Thync Relax to alter moods, research at the University of Washington using direct brain stimulation to help people with spinal cord...
![Earbud Helps Women Track Fertility [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/07/Yono-with-video-600x276.png?resize=600%2C276)
by Bruce Brown | July 5, 2017 | General News, Health
Women who are trying to get pregnant often find it difficult to determine their fertility windows. Tracking basal body temperature (BBT) is a common method of predicting ovulation. The traditional way to track cycles by taking the woman’s temperature when she...
by Alfred Poor | July 5, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
Just over three years ago, Dan Rosenbaum of Center Ring Media launched an ambitious project. Wearable technology was gaining a lot of attention in the general media, but most of it was focused on fitness bands and smart watches. Not a lot of attention was given to the...
by Bruce Brown | July 4, 2017 | General News, Medical
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, trailing only Alzheimer’s Disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1% of the population aged 60 have Parkinson’s and the...
![Blanket with Heartbeat Comforts Babies [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/07/Hugsy-with-video-600x275.png?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | July 3, 2017 | General News, Health
Kangaroo Care (KC) techniques were originally used for preterm babies in Bogota, Columbia, in the 1970s. The goal was to create an alternative to expensive incubators in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) that weren’t available. KC was named because of the...
