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These days, hospitals are busier than ever. While many hospitals and medical facilities have incorporated technology into their patient care practices, there are still several [...]
When fitness trackers alone fail to get families moving enough, turning step counts into a competition might help people get more exercise, a small experiment suggests. Researchers gave fitness trackers to 200 adults and asked them to set daily step-count goals to increase their activity levels. All had at...
According to Bloomberg, the Food and Drug Administration has announced the names of nine companies participating in a pilot program that could let them pre-clear products instead of going through the agency’s traditional application process. The program, called Pre-cert, will include Apple, Fitbit,...
Have you turned to a mobile app to manage or improve your health? Apps that claim to treat everything from pimples to depression appeal to the anxiety many of us harbour about our health. But how trustworthy are they, and whats the evidence behind their effectiveness? Associate Professor Carol Maher,...
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) A new sleep monitoring app from the American Association for Sleep Apnea is expected to help people improve their sleep habits and general health, but will also contribute to a crowd-sourced study on the connections between sleep and health outcomes. SleepHealth is the...
For anyone who needs extra motivation to get active, or just wants to make fitness more fun, wellness technology company Blue Goji this week announced the release of their Goji Play 2 fitness gaming system. Wellness technology company Blue Goji has released Goji Play 2, designed to turn exercise into an...
Theres news our smartphone app could diagnose cancer risk directly. Is it really true? Theres a news from Morningcall.com that not advice us to use the apps. Skin cancer is serious business. If youre concerned about a mole, seek an opinion from a medical professional, not from an app on...
Foxconn, the worlds biggest contract electronics maker by revenue is teaming up with U.S medical device companies to expand into the health-care market. The Taiwan-based iPhone assembler is in talks with Palo Alto-based Varian Medical System to obtain the rights to sell radiation-treatment devices in...
An experimental social networking platform intent on helping users calm anxiety and reverse symptoms of depression has received positive feedback. Panoply is a peer-to-peer platform jointly administered by MIT and Northwestern universities that encourages users to “think more flexibly and objectively...
