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Blood Glucose Meters: Monitoring Diabetes on Your Phone
Living with Diabetes requires frequent monitoring of blood glucose (blood sugar), an essential measure of your health. The American Diabetes Association can help you better understand Diabetes, select...
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CES 2013, GPS for the Soul and Digital Health Revolution
I attended CES in person this year instead of monitoring the show from the comfort of my home office and writing my traditional report, CES in Pajamas. On the first day I attended “The Digital Health...
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CES 2013, Digital Health Revolution: Body, Mind & Soul
On the first day of CES I attended a Digital Health Summit panel discussion hosted by Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post. To introduce the discussion, she described Americans’ increase in...
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Big Data and the Future of Healthcare
Accessible introduction transcript… Every day technology makes new things possible, and some predict that it’s just a matter of time until technology completely revolutionizes healthcare. Some believe...
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What the Fork – $100?
Why do we need a smart fork, you may ask? Well, here’s the hype… Studies show that people who eat slower eat 11% fewer calories and digest food better, so HAPILABS introduced 2 devices at CES: HAPIfork...
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Smartphone app lets you monitor lung health
photo by: S. Patel, Univ. of Washington SpiroSmart is a research app to let people test their lung function using only a smartphone. App lets you monitor lung health using only a smartphone By Hannah...
View ArticleGetting a Better Night’s Sleep
So far we have published over a dozen articles on the relationship between good sleep and good health and recommendations for getting a good night’s sleep, but here’s a video from TODAY’s Health that...
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When NOT to buy a Smartphone
I do love smartphones and tablets (especially the Apple iPhone & iPad). They’re like having a powerful computer in your pocket and support all sorts of mHealth (mobile health) apps, but I have to...
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The Internet of Things: Prediction
Le Web Paris (see video) explores a future of technology that connects everyday devices all the time, often described as The Internet of Things. This story and video from Reuters and the Huffington...
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Bionic Eye Gives Hope for the Blind
The Bionic Eye will improve over time with increased resolution. (simulation) Dr. Mark Humayun was going to be a doctor all along, but when a family member lost her eyesight, he soon began his journey...
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What’s holding up the Internet of Things?
Brian Profit wrote a good article about technology embedded in ordinary objects and how they are being connected in ways the industry calls “The Internet of Things.” Since I introduced IBM to the...
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Technology Must-Haves for the Over-50 Crowd
By Dr. Alexis Abramson When it comes to technology, businesses are realizing that the 50+ demographic — which has at times been overlooked in terms of the marketing of new technologies — is actually...
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Moore’s Law and The FUTURE of Healthcare
By Wayne Caswell, Founder of Modern Health Talk This article examines a future driven by Moore’s Law and the trend of circuits and components getting smaller, faster and cheaper exponentially over time...
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Blood Pressure Monitors see Steady Market Growth
Blood Pressure Monitors Set for Stable Market Growth as Health Concerns Show No Sign of Ebbing Austin, Texas (Sept. 5, 2013)–The world market for blood pressure monitors will enjoy steady growth in the...
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Tech Tools That Enable the Elderly to Age at Home
By Christopher Wise Nine out of 10 aging Americans want to stay in their homes as they age, an AARP survey discovered. Furthermore, people who reach age 65 have an average life expectancy of an...
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SIRI and 50 cool things your iPhone can do
Smartphones keep getting smarter, and speech recognition apps like SIRI and Google Now are able to learn more about you personally and act on your behalf, even offering information or suggestions...
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OrCam is a novel assistance device for the visually impaired and the blind. It’s a glasses-mounted sensor that harnesses the power of Artificial Vision to compensate for lost sight. The sensor sees...
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Wello iPhone case tracks several points of health
By Wayne Caswell I spoke briefly with CEO Hamish Patel at the opening of the SXSW Interactive yesterday and was impressed enough to write about his device today. The Wello iPhone case tracks several...
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Home Automation and Home Health Care
How Home Automation Can Change the Home Health Care Industry By Spencer Blohm In-home care is one of the biggest growth industries of the last twenty years. It makes sense; elderly folks don’t want to...
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Technology and the Senior Housing Industry
Is Technology Disrupting or Transforming the Senior Housing Industry? This is the question posed by Joseph F Coughlin, Director of the MIT AgeLab, in his article, which is reproduced below with his...
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