by Bruce Brown | March 9, 2021 | Medical
Amidst the global push to vaccinate enough people to establish COVID-19 herd immunity, the medical and pharma communities continue the search for effective treatments for patients infected with the virus. ObvioHealth and RedHill Biopharma recently launched a COVID-19...
by Bruce Brown | February 23, 2021 | Enabling Tech
Since 2014, we have written about biometric sensors of all shapes, sizes, materials, and technologies. On August 29, 2014, Alfred Poor wrote about FDA approval for Vital Connect’s HealthPatch, a medical device that combined a disposable patch and a reusable...
by Bruce Brown | January 6, 2021 | Medical
We’ve written many times about the just-in-time and reduced contact benefics of telemedicine, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before painting the picture with too rosy a brush, however, a new report based on research by...
by Bruce Brown | October 29, 2020 | Health, Medical
Fitness trackers do more than just count your steps. A new study published by the Scripps Research Translational Institute today in Nature shows that activity trackers and personal health sensing devices such as Fitbits and smartwatches can improve COVID-19 detection....
by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2020 | Health
Health officials recommend that people wear masks to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. However, this prudent practice can make it harder to understand what others are saying. People with normal hearing often attend to facial expressions and lip movement to...
