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by Bruce Brown | February 1, 2022 | Medical
We’ve covered several wearables that use photoplethysmography (PPG) technology for monitoring hypertension, most recently Biobeat’s 24BP Kit. PPG devices emit light at different wavelengths and employ optical sensors to gather biometric data. This can...
by Bruce Brown | October 12, 2021 | Health
We’ve covered health and wellness components and products from Withings since 2014 when we wrote about Glooko glucose tracking software and Withings wearable fitness devices. Withings introduced the ScanWatch hybrid health tech wearable smartwatch at CES 2020....
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by Bruce Brown | July 26, 2021 | Enabling Tech
During the past few years, we’ve written about a variety of contact-free digital health screening and diagnostic technologies. For example, earlier this year we wrote about Donisi’s FDA de novo clearance for its contact-free medical grade multiparameter...
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by Bruce Brown | September 8, 2020 | General News, Health
The scourge of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) continues to blind, maim, and cause premature death for a growing number of people worldwide. From 2000 to 2016, diabetes caused a 5% increase in premature mortality, according to the World Health Organization. During that period,...
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by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2020 | General News, Medical
We frequently write about technology components in health and medicine, including enabling technologies that support other devices or platforms. Biometrics sensors used with artificial intelligence machine learning crop up increasingly in studies that demonstrate...
