By Stuart Long – Everyone knows someone affected by cardiac disease. Of course, we all recognize the risk factors: age, lifestyle, preexisting conditions… But a quick read through the AHA’s “Most Read Survivor Stories of 2023” tells a different story: that cardiac disease can strike swiftly and indiscriminately.
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By Devin Partida – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Cutting-edge wearable devices can detect early signs of cancer in minutes and alert providers in real time — all from the comfort of the patient’s home. They may permanently revolutionize breast cancer care.
By Matt Fisher – Can clinical relevance be found in all of the data collected by wearable devices that individuals use? It is a key question around the use of such devices, especially as consumer devices grow in ubiquity along with corresponding rises in adoption.
By Dan Matthews – Rapidly evolving healthcare technology has the potential to improve the patient experience and close the care gap between urban and rural patients. These advancements have been funded by HHS, most recently in the form of a $9 million grant to launch the RMOMS program.
By Darius Tahir – If someone’s heart skips a beat, tech companies want to let them know about it. Gadget firms — starting with Apple and now Fitbit, which is owned by Google — are selling wearable devices that check heartbeat rhythms and alert users when something is out of sync.
By Art Gross – The saying goes that you’re never fully dressed without a smile, but the reality for many people today is that you’re never fully dressed until you put on your smartwatch. Or your phone in your pocket. Or your health and fitness monitor at the gym.
Getting ready to exercise? How do you prepare? Do you put on a wearable to keep track of your workout? Or is your Fitbit or Apple Watch always on your wrist? We asked our HealthcareNow Radio show hosts what wearables do they use to keep track of their health and exercise activities and habits.
By Luke Smith – Managing diabetes can be a cumbersome burden for many due to multiple daily injections and blood sugar tests. Life with diabetes has become significantly easier over the years, however, thanks to advancements in technology and treatment.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to a Rice University-led team that hopes to create wearable and point-of-care microscopes that use on-chip illumination and sensing to non-invasively aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of nearly 100 health conditions that today require a biopsy or blood test.