Health Care Industry Technology

Excessive use of mobile devices can lead to anxiety, but it can be eased

01/22/202401/19/2024 Jorge Gonzalez

Mobile devices - Person looking stressed at mobile phone

Overusing social media in particular has been linked to mental illness such as depression and anxiety disorders. As convenient as mobile devices make our lives in terms of accessing information or completing day-to-day tasks, their overuse has also been associated with a rise in the instance of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety disorders. Social media use is linked with both positive and negative impacts on its users, but overuse is problematic. Heavy social media users, particularly younger generations on mobile devices, have been spending substantial amounts of time…

Apple Watch feature saves Delaware student’s life

01/15/202401/12/2024 Jesse Collins

Apple Watch - Concept Image of Calling SOS from Apple Watch

The SOS call feature saved a young woman who was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Wearable technology like the Apple Watch is being increasingly credited with saving lives in a spectrum of different ways, and the smartwatch was recently used to rescue a student in Delaware who was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. The student, Natalie Nasatka, used the SOS button on her smartwatch as she started losing consciousness. The student noticed that she was feeling exceptionally exhausted and was starting to lose consciousness. That said, she still had the…

Is the blood glucose tracking wearable technology trend worthwhile?

01/08/202401/07/2024 Jorge Gonzalez

Wearable technology - Blood Glucose Tracking gadget

What many influencers are saying is in direct contradiction with what medical experts advise. Wearable technology from fitness trackers to smartwatches, bracelets and rings have become immensely popular, and now glucose monitors have added themselves into the mix. Many devices worn on the skin have been developed to provide feedback about glucose levels. That said, as much as these are showing up across social media and influencers are raving about all the data they’re gaining through minute-to-minute glucose monitoring, medical experts are not as excited by this wearable technology trend.…

International Space Station astronauts use wearable technology to monitor vital signs

10/03/202310/02/2023 Julie Campbell

The ISS team wears a shirt and a dedicated tablet app to track their wellness and wellbeing. The team of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is using wearable technology in the form of the Bio-Monitor, an all-in-one tech using a special shirt and dedicated tablet app. The gadget makes it possible to monitor astronaut health while enabling new science. By continuously monitoring astronaut physiological data with the wearable technology, researchers can learn a substantial amount of new information. This is beneficial because conventional medical science and monitoring on…

We’re not cleaning our wearable devices, and we really should

09/25/202309/21/2023 Julie Campbell

Wearable devices - Person adjusting Smartwatch

Scientists have shown that these gadgets are dirtier than smartphones, which are dirtier than toilet seats. Many of us were horrified when we first heard the results of research showing that smartphones are typically about ten times dirtier than a toilet seat, but now newer research is showing that wearable devices are even worse. According to a recently published paper, these gadgets are swimming with disease, putting us at risk. According to a paper published in the Nature journal, mobile gadgets ranging from smartphones to smartwatches contain so much potential…