by Srinivasa Vivek In a world of limitless technological progress, we are no longer just spectators in our health journey. We have evolved into active participants, harnessing advanced health-tracking tools and apps to monitor and analyze our wellbeing. But there is more to it than just data collection. The real game-changer lies in health intelligence, … Read more
Activists under the banner of the anti K-rail protest committee burning a copy of the Detailed Project Report of the SilverLine semi-high speed rail project in Kozhikode in 2022. | Photo Credit: K Ragesh The story so far: In Kerala, a new semi-high speed railway, expected to cruise at an average speed of 125 kmph … Read more
By Nisha Kumari and Avantika New Delhi: Menstrual cycle monitoring apps have become incredibly popular among women worldwide in recent years. Built with the aim to give better awareness to women on the date and duration of their menstrual cycles, and ovulation period for people planning for a baby, or who want to prevent pregnancy … Read more
Hyderabad: In recent years, wearable devices have been widely used for activity tracking and monitoring of health. Apple is focusing on tracking mental health, walking steadiness features, and tracking menstrual cycles said Dr Sumbul Desai at BioAsia 2023. Apple’s Vice President of Health while speaking at the fireside chat with Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing … Read more
New Delhi: Apple Inc. has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring. The goal of this secret endeavor — dubbed E5 — is to measure how much glucose is in someone’s body without needing to prick the skin for blood. After hitting major milestones … Read more
Beijing: China said Monday it would retire an app used to track travel to areas with Covid-19 cases, a milestone in the country’s rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy. Beijing has effectively thrown in the towel on zero-Covid, last week announcing an end to large-scale lockdowns, mandatory quarantine in central facilities, and a … Read more
San Francisco, Meta (formerly Facebook) has been sued for violating patient privacy with a data tracking tool in the US. Two proposed class-action lawsuits alleged that Meta and major US hospitals used a Meta Pixel tracking tool that sends health information to Facebook, reports The Verge. In June, an investigation by The Markup found that … Read more
April 12, 2022 The World Health Organization is analyzing a few dozen cases of two new sub-variants of the Omicron strain to determine how infectious and dangerous they might be, according to Reuters. The agency said it added BA.4 and BA.5 to its monitoring list because of their “additional mutations that need to be further … Read more
This post appears as part of our Healthier 2021 series, in which we follow three WebMD team members as they strive to improve their health this year. You can follow their journeys here. By Bill Kimm “Looks like I picked the wrong week to start eating healthy again!” Lloyd Bridges’ hilarious … Read more
October 26, 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic continues to pound the United States as record number of cases are reported from around the country. The 7-day average of new cases in the U.S. topped 68,000 on Sunday. That’s more than 1,000 cases higher than the previous record reported July 22. Friday and Saturday … Read more