Digital Health

  • FemTech – Why is the late start?

    FemTech refers to the range of digital health technologies that focus specifically on women’s health. A majority of the solutions include wearable devices, smartphone applications, connected medical devices, and digital platforms to address women’s health in the areas of reproductive health (menstrual health, fertility, menopause, pregnancy, and maternal care) and non-reproductive health (cancers of the…

  • Oura Ring

      View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CcBEmkvO6zM/   The Oura Ring is one of the few fitness trackers that measures both your body temperature and heart rate variability. Oura uses data analytics to generate daily scores for sleep, activity, and readiness to provide a quick glimpse into the user’s health habits. https://ouraring.com/ @ouraring #biomedical #datascience #prediction #analytics…

  • Meditation, by Calm

    View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cb-slvGuwrE/     Meditation, as an alternative medicine modality, has immense benefits for the body, mind, and spirit. Just to list a few benefits: For the body, meditation boosts the immune system, reduces blood pressure, etc. For the mind, meditation increases brain gray matter and boosts cognitive function. For the spirit, meditation…

  • How can predictive analytics help in public health surveillance?

    Predictive Analytics (PA) is becoming a trusted methodology for evaluating large complex public health datasets. Public health surveillance covers all fields of public health, ranging from epidemiology, health promotion, health impact assessment, research, environmental and human wellness, and many more. Public health surveillance can be used for the following: Measure patterns and characterize diseases Estimate degree…