by Bruce Brown | August 15, 2022 | Health
Falls among older adults are common, costly, and, much too often, fatal. The CDC’s 2019 statistics on older adult falls include 3 million falls that required emergency department visits and $50 billion in annual medical costs, 75% paid by Medicare and Medicaid....
by Bruce Brown | June 3, 2021 | Medical
If you haven’t had lower back pain or other significant joint pain, perhaps you just haven’t lived long enough. Give it time. Lower back pain is exceedingly common among U.S. adults according to the CDC. In a 2018 survey the CDC found that overall 28.0% of...
by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2019 | Enabling Tech
As a working concept, smart fabric solves many challenges for wearable health tech. If your preferred or prescribed biometric sensors are woven into your garments, you won’t have to remember to put them on, unlike with wristbands, pins, and pendants....
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by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2018 | General News, Medical
Of all the wearables for health and medical applications, exoskeletons may be the most exciting and the most visible. Researchers explore robotic exoskeletons to alleviate physical workload, to substitute for impaired or nonfunctional human limbs, and to assist with...
by Bruce Brown | June 11, 2018 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine applications continue to pop up for new functions in additional settings and medical specialties. Patients, physicians, and healthcare executives are on board with remote medical care in its various forms because of the increased opportunities for patient...
