by Bruce Brown | August 29, 2016 | General News, Health
Sleep insufficiency hasn’t gone away, no matter how much we write about it. We’ve covered Health Tech that purports to help with sleep by controlling brainwaves, with smart earplugs, by cutting down on social media use, by reducing blue light exposure,...
by Alfred Poor | August 9, 2016 | General News, Health
While wearable Health Tech devices can help individuals directly, one big part of their potential is the creation of Big Data sets that can be mined for information that will benefit the population as a whole. The data from these connected devices is beginning to pile...
by Alfred Poor | July 27, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
As shown in a study from the University of Missouri that we covered last year, seniors can live independently longer when their home is equipped with passive sensor systems. People are notoriously bad at accurately reporting on gradual changes to their health, and...
by Bruce Brown | July 26, 2016 | General News, Health
Typical story: you hold off getting pregnant until the “time is right.” And then it doesn’t happen. Just because we decide as couples we’re ready to conceive, doesn’t mean the pregnancy fairy is going to swoop down at your convenience....
by Bruce Brown | July 18, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health
Any number of wearables have sprung forth in the past eight years since the original Fitbit Tracker was introduced. That first version clipped to a pocket. It wasn’t until 2013 that the first wristband model — the Fitbit Flex — was introduced. Since...