by Bruce Brown | May 17, 2017 | General News, Health
The Ava Fertility Tracker wristband and mobile app combination is adding pregnancy monitoring features to the mobile app. We originally wrote about Ava in July 2016. Ava’s accuracy in detecting the 5.3 most fertile days of a woman’s cycle was...
by Bruce Brown | April 21, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Two familiar names in the wearable health tech and biometrics space have announced a strategic collaboration. Raleigh-based biometric sensor technology innovator Valencell and Finish physiological analytics provider Firstbeat will work together to create...
by Alfred Poor | February 21, 2017 | General News, Medical
A lot of attention is given to blood oxygen levels, as this can be an important diagnostic indicator for a variety of illnesses and conditions. Another important biometric gets less attention: the amount of oxygen in tissues, such as skin or muscle. Patients with...
by Alfred Poor | February 20, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Ever listen to a train, or airplane, or helicopter as it approaches, passes, and then starts going away? The sounds are higher pitched when approaching, and lower pitched as the source of the sound moves away. The reason for this is that relative to your stationary...
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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...
