3 medical innovations fueled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington; Albert H. Titus, University at Buffalo, and Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco A number of technologies and tools got a chance to prove themselves for the first time in the context of COVID-19. Three researchers working in gene-based vaccines, wearable diagnostics and drug...
Hyperice Venom — Using Tech To Soothe Back Pain
Have you heard, this pandemic thing is more than a year old? Making it almost 12 times longer than Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign (remember that week, it was fun). The pandemic has forced many of us home — working, sitting, standing, or laying on the couch. The amount of time people spend sitting in front of desk and...
Top 5 Innovative Health Tech Devices for 2021
Nuances in modern language are beginning to paint a portrait of posthumanist philosophies, being delivered incrementally into reality, through advances in science and the medical industry. In an era when academics debate biological terms, some are beginning to wonder what it will even mean to be ‘human’ decades from now. In a...
St. Patrick’s Day: A time to toast ... your liver
Marie-Pierre Hasne, University of Arizona St. Patrick’s Day is here, and even though most big celebrations have been canceled because of coronavirus, we still have something to cheer over – our livers. If St. Patrick is celebrated for his unselfish commitment converting Ireland to Christianity, we should also celebrate the...
Using Digital Health Technology To Advance Medical Nutrition Therapy
Diet is the number one-cause of premature death and disability in the world; and most deaths can be prevented by diet.
Review: Amazon Halo is Making Me A Healthy Person
At the end of last year, Amazon announced its new wearable device — the Halo. The device, they said, would be dedicated to health, with no watch face and no text messaging.
Top 5 Jobs Robots Could Have in the Next Decade…Will Yours Be Next?
While automation and the use of robotics has drastically increased the efficiency of manufacturing processes, logistics, and delivery, the casualty list for a slew of manual and service-based jobs on and off the production line is growing.
CES 2021: Covid-19 Pandemic Sent Medical Technology into Warp Speed
It's tough to say there can be any benefit to a pandemic that has strewn a path of destruction across the globe. But, there is at least one – the launch of medical technology years into the future. What was believed to be the technology of five years down the road, has overnight become the technology of today. Telemedicine has grown...
AR & VR telemedicine as a new norm
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the healthcare industry to the limit, making providers speed up the adoption of health IT tools allowing for remote healthcare services.
Health Technology, Gamification, and Game Mechanics – Win or Fail?
Gamification and game mechanics have been introduced into the health care arena to help engage and motivate us. Taking advantage of basic human psychology, these techniques play on a person’s desire to win. Competition-based and socially focused initiatives can be easily combined with mobile apps as well as activity challenges and are...
Why The FDA’s Recent Approval Of New Vaccine Is A Gigantic Win In The War On Cancer
The global war against the coronavirus pandemic continues to wage on while researchers and medical experts seek to find a cure for COVID-19 symptoms. While many believe this is here to stay for an indefinite period, others feel that this too, shall pass.
