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by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2017 | General News, Health
One of the key health indicators is blood pressure. It used to be that you had to go to a doctor’s office or clinic to get it measured, but now you can choose from a host of home blood pressure devices, some of which are even “connected” so that they...
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by Bruce Brown | January 19, 2017 | General News, Medical
When hearts begin to fail, cardiologists often give the hearts a chance to keep working with ventricular assist devices. Threats of blood clots and infections persist because current devices have direct contact with blood, requiring that patients take anticoagulants...
by Alfred Poor | January 5, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve often written about how wearable Health Tech devices have to “disappear” into our lives if they are to be successful. Large, bulky sensors that have to be recharged frequently are not destined for long-term success. That’s why we were...
by Alfred Poor | December 30, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
In my last post, I highlighted some of the stories that got the most attention on the Health Tech Insider site this year. In this article, I’m going to call out the three most important developments in 2016, as I see it. FDA Becomes Friendly to Wearables: The...
by Alfred Poor | November 30, 2016 | General News, Medical
Anyone who has been suspected of having a heart arrhythmia is likely familiar with a Holter monitor. This is sort of a portable ECG that records your heart waves over a period of time. You wear it as you go about your normal daily activities, in hopes that it will...
