by Bruce Brown | September 7, 2017 | General News, Medical
Forward is an exceptionally well-funded San Francisco startup with a reported $100 million invested already. The company seeks to improve the conventional doctor-patient model by deploying mobile “pop-up” doctor’s offices to practice proactive and...
by Bruce Brown | July 19, 2017 | General News, Health
People seem to pay more attention to exercise and good nutrition than to the importance of getting a sufficient amount of healthy sleep. A recent report from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute documents the vital role sleep plays in mental and physical...
by Alfred Poor | July 10, 2017 | General News, Health
Part of the digital health revolution is the increasing role that individuals take in managing their own healthcare. The “quantified self” generates mountains of data that can be used by professionals to detect illness and track progress, but this same...
by Bruce Brown | July 7, 2017 | General News, Health
Nokia has joined the biometric monitoring platform club. The Finish technology and communications giant recently dropped the Withings brand name from its line of wearable health tech devices. Now Nokia is moving forward to develop and market biometric monitoring...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2017 | General News, Health
As scientists learn more about the potential effects of sound on humans, we may see more health tech devices using audible and inaudible sound for purposes hitherto unforeseen. It’s generally accepted that humans hear sound in the range of 20 to 20,000...