by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2017 | General News, Health
Obesity rates in the U.S. remain high and are edging higher in spite of more than a decade of warnings. The most recent CDC statistics show that more than one third of all U.S. adults are obese. Despite the growing evidence of health threats related to obesity,...
by Jim Ware | October 30, 2017 | General News, Medical
How would you like to manage your medical records or find the nearest hospital from the Apple Watch on your wrist? Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has an app for that and more. The Cedars-Sinai app also allows patients to communicate with doctors, check...
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by Bruce Brown | September 29, 2017 | General News, Health
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a versatile and powerful biometric. Wearable health tech companies rushed to create HRV monitors in many form factors. We wrote about Emfit Limited’s Emfit QS that unrolls and claims to measure HRV accurately through your mattress while...
by Alfred Poor | January 31, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Two of the big themes for wearable Health Tech these days are accuracy and lower power. Companies are raising the bar higher and higher on what is acceptable accuracy for wearable devices. And users want devices that last longer between charges, but at the same time...
by Alfred Poor | October 24, 2016 | Fitness, General News, Health, Medical
It should come as no surprise that interest in wearable technology has been rising rapidly in recent years. According to the analyst firm IDTechEx, however, we ain’t seen nothing yet. In a recent report, the company estimates that sales for all wearable products...
