Health

Muse ‘Sensing Headband’ Will Help Your Find Inner Peace

Seven sensors monitor brain activity to ensure you don’t overheat

9 years ago

iPhone To Become Medical Research Tool With Apple ResearchKit

Apple expands health ambitions with open source ResearchKit framework

9 years ago

V1bes Wearable Looks To Your Finger To End Stress

Ring sensor monitors three kinds of stress and can even check your brainwaves

9 years ago

Anthem Admits Data Breach After ‘Sophisticated’ Attack

US healthcare insurer admits 80 million customer and staff records compromised in a damaging cyber attack

9 years ago

Smartphone Use Alters The Human Brain

Smartphones use is altering the human brain, but not in the sinister way scaremongers would have you believe

9 years ago

BlackBerry Launches Cancer-Scanning Mobile Browser

Collaboration with NantHealth will let doctors access medical data through BlackBerry Passport devices

9 years ago

NHS Set To Embrace Mobile Health Apps, Digital Records

Patients will be able to access complete NHS records on their smartphone by 2018

10 years ago

Scientists Develop Safer Child-Friendly Battery Coating

Scientists invent coating to prevent visits to hospital A&E departments due to battery ingestion

10 years ago

Micro Robots To ‘Swim’ Through Human Body

Doctors in the future could make use micro robots swimming through your body to deliver medicine

10 years ago

Jawbone UP3 Device Enters Fitness Race

'Advanced' UP3 band monitors sleep cycle and workouts thanks to new “state-of-the-art” sensors

10 years ago

Google To Develop ‘Nanoparticle’ Pill For Cancer Detection

Search engine giant lends its R&D prowess to tackle health problems including cancer and heart attacks

10 years ago

Facebook To Launch Healthcare Services

Support communities and Facebook fitness apps among offerings rumoured to be on the way

10 years ago

Apple Pulls Health App From iOS 8 Due To HealthKit Bug

Apple admits to iOS 8 issue but says a fix might not be released until the end of the month

10 years ago

Cognizant Buys TriZetto To Bolster Healthcare

Cognizant acquires TriZetto in an effort to expand and grow its healthcare operation

10 years ago

IT Life: Finding Health With Big Data

Flying doctor Mark Ratnarajah pilots a big data site for health service consumers

10 years ago

Intel Uses Wearables And Big Data To Help Study Parkinson’s

Intel announces a partnership with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, uses smartwatches to track symptoms of the…

10 years ago

Google To Launch Google Fit Health Apps At I/O

Google and Apple go head to head in wearable tech health market

10 years ago

Samsung Targets Wearable Health Market With Simband

The next evolution in the wearable market arrives with Samsung's Simband device and Sami platform

10 years ago

Apple Earpods To Include Health Sensors – Report

New Apple earpods will reportedly include sensors to monitor a user's heart rate and blood pressure

10 years ago

BlackBerry Invests In Medical IT Startup NantHealth

BlackBerry and NantHealth to use Canadian firm's security and mobile expertise to expand

10 years ago

Atos Quits £500m Government Disability Testing Contract A Year Early

French company Atos is walking away from major government contract following concerns over its disability testing procedures

10 years ago

Apple Healthbook To Track Fitness, Blood Sugar, Sleep And Other Health Data

New images and information suggest Apple Healthbook is going to track all sorts of health and fitness data

10 years ago

Wello Mobile Case Turns Your Smartphone Into A Health Tracker

Users will be able to track blood pressure, body temperature and heart rate simultaneously using their iOS or Android handset.

10 years ago

Apple Looks To Cars, Medical Devices For Growth – Report

Mac maker Apple reportedly seeks new growth opportunities as smartphone and tablet markets slow

10 years ago

Health-Oriented Apple iWatch To Have LG’s OLED Screens – Reports

Apple hires bio-sensor experts, while rumours say LG will make the iWatch's screen

10 years ago

IBM Uses Big Data To Stop Hospital Infections

IBM is using big data techniques in an analytics system designed to help prevent infections spreading within hospitals

10 years ago

The US Vice President Who Feared A Cyber Heart Attack

Dick Cheney feared his heart implant could be hacked - but not everyone needs to worry, says Sean Michael Kerner

11 years ago

Google Health Is Dead: Long Live The Calico Anti-Aging Venture!

After the failure of Google Health, the choice of Art Levinson to run Google's Calico is a good one, says…

11 years ago

BYOD Gives Us Bad Backs, Says Doctor

Users suffer from hunching over laptops, says GP Sarah Jarvis

11 years ago

Google Search Adds Nutrition Information

A new voice-activated feature in Google Search offers nutrition details on hundreds of foods and meals

11 years ago