by Alfred Poor | January 4, 2019 | Health, Medical
According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. 60% of adults with mental illness do not receive any mental health services; social stigma, cost, and access to services all get in the way of receiving...
by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2018 | Health
Telemedicine in its various forms was one of our most frequent topics on Health Tech Insider during 2018. News about related topics seem to pop up weekly: remote patient and physician access via telephone, text, video conferencing, store-and-forward, and cloud data...
by Alfred Poor | October 1, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
At Health Tech Insider, we typically post articles about individual projects, products, or research reports. We also generate all of our own content; we don’t publish submitted articles. So this article is a bit of a departure from our normal editorial scope. We...
by Bruce Brown | July 18, 2018 | General News, Health
Cognitive functioning — an individual’s ability to think and to learn — has multiple components. Cognition involves reasoning, memory, attention, language, and more. The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) established the Healthy Brain...
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...
