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by Kimberly Houston | October 11, 2017 | General News, Health
We’ve all been there: you’re in an environment where you’re too hot or too cold, but you can’t do anything about it because you’re not in charge of the temperature control. Now a company has developed a thermal wristband to address this problem. The Embr Wave aims to...
![Hi-Tech Wrap Speeds Healing [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/VIVY-wrap-video.jpg?resize=529%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 30, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Until I heard about VIVY, I had not heard the term “diathermy” and I had to look it up. It turns out that this is a technology that can produce heat deep within muscle tissue. The heat causes increased blood flow, which in turn speeds healing by delivering...
by Alfred Poor | March 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
About one in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer during her lifetime, according to Breastcancer.org. Death rates from the disease have been declining in the past decade, partly due to earlier detection and better treatments. One of the keys to a...
