by Bruce Brown | October 31, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Approximately one in nine women has symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) after having a baby, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Postpartum depression (PPD) is more intense and a greater potential risk for the mother and newborn than...
by Bruce Brown | October 24, 2017 | General News, Health
We focus on wearable health tech for humans on Health Tech Insider, but health technology moves forward for livestock and pets as well. Waggit, a new multi-purpose wearable for dogs, is currently in Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. We’ve written about health...
by Bruce Brown | October 6, 2017 | General News, Health
Change is hard. It’s difficult enough to change our own behavior, even when we know we’d be better off. Setting out to motivate, inspire, challenge, force, influence, or just plain old lead people to behaviors that encourage better health and higher...
by Alfred Poor | September 19, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We write a lot about power here at Health Tech Insider, because the digital electronics used by wearable Health Tech devices require power. Consuming less power — or storing more energy — means that a device can run a lot longer between charges, or be...
by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2017 | General News, Health
One out of three Americans has sleep issues, according to an oft-quoted report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We’ve written about the EverSleep wearable that monitors biometrics associated with sleep, the Ōura Ring that measures and...