by Bruce Brown | April 5, 2018 | General News, Medical
While we routinely write about health-related smartphone apps, we seldom find them in clinical or surgical settings. Johnson & Johnson’s Health Partner platform helps patients prepare and recovery from surgery. Insight Product Development‘s PhysIQ app...
by Bruce Brown | January 5, 2018 | General News, Medical
While developers push forward with new health tech, other research teams on the hunt for solutions for specific medical conditions or health problems sometimes find new uses for existing technology. That’s what happened at MyoKardia, a South San Francisco-based...
by Bruce Brown | June 16, 2017 | General News, Health
Paradigm shifts often have ripple effects. Most wearable fitness and health devices are easily separated by category. On Health Tech Insider, we write about health-centric technology, usually but not restricted to wearables. Our sister site Wearable Tech Insider...
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 | December 15, 2016 | General News, Health
In the U.S., the elderly population is increasing rapidly. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, in 2014 the 46.2 million people 65 or older in 2014 made up 14.5 percent of the total population. By 2040,...