by Kimberly Houston | October 19, 2017 | General News, Health
Placing sensors on the body to measure respiration, heart rate and other important vital signs to monitor health and guide treatment is nothing new. To do so, however, the patient or health care professional has to stop what they’re doing and adhere the sensors,...
by Alfred Poor | September 5, 2017 | General News, Health
Seniors represent a growing portion of our population, and one of the most pressing needs is to find ways to help them continue to live independently yet safely. Caregivers and family members need to be able to monitor seniors for sudden or gradual physical or...
by Alfred Poor | June 8, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
In the year 2000, U.S. seniors 65 or older fell and required medical treatment 2.6 million times. The total price tag was $19 billion for direct medical costs alone. A bit more than a third of these incidents resulted in bone fractures, but these accounted for more...
by Bruce Brown | February 8, 2017 | General News, Health
Parents are rightly concerned about their newborns’ health. According to the latest CDC statistics, in 2015 there were 3,700 sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, 1,600), unknown causes (1,200), and accidental...
by Alfred Poor | February 6, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
The eyes may be the windows on the soul, as the old saying goes, but it turns out that the voice may be an effective window on your physical body. Your spoken words may provide valuable data that can be used as a non-contact way to diagnose disease, even remotely over...