by Alfred Poor | October 6, 2016 | General News, Medical
About 60 percent of all U.S. adults take at least one maintenance prescription drug for a chronic condition. For patients aged 62 to 85, that rises to 87 percent. While modern pharmaceuticals can perform miracles, they only work when you take them. And patient...
by Alfred Poor | October 5, 2015 | General News, Health
I’ve often said that wearable technology will succeed when it “disappears” into our lives, not requiring user intervention or maintenance. It will just “be there” and do its job. And like Mr. Ed, it won’t speak unless it has...
by Alfred Poor | June 10, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the reasons that wearable Health Tech devices have become so valuable is that they can take advantage of wireless data communications technology. Driven by demand for features in smartphones, tiny wireless transceivers have become inexpensive. Different...
by Alfred Poor | February 26, 2015 | Enabling Tech
The future is wireless. In our always connected world, being tethered by wires is no longer a practical solution. But the big advantage of wired connections is that they never need to have their batteries recharged. Fortunately, wireless solutions are becoming so...
by Alfred Poor | January 13, 2015 | Health
Early in my technology writing career, I wrote and did training programs about desktop publishing on personal computers. Daniel Will Harris wrote a great book on the subject back then, in which he gave some great advice: “Nobody gives out medals for doing it all...