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Companies seek FDA approval of wireless, implantable diabetes monitors
One of the knocks against all this great, new home-monitoring technology is that there hasn't been enough scientific evidence of back-end savings to justify the added up-front expense. Slowly, that's
WellPoint, Aetna, Humana test wireless monitoring for congestive heart failure
One of the main barriers to widespread adoption of wireless home patient monitors is that insurers have been reluctant to pay for the technology. Granted, there isn't much scientific literature yet
'Smart' implantable devices can save lives, but docs worry about information overload, liability
How useful are "smart" implantable medical devices? "It's like having an office visit every day and a complete physical every week," University of Southern California cardiologist Dr. Leslie Saxon
Powering implantable sensors
Let's call this the bleeding edge of mobile healthcare. Researchers in the Netherlands are "working on body area networking to monitor vital signs, control drug delivery according to need and
New gadgets give a glimpse of future wireless health technology
Ready for some eye candy? We know you are, if the traffic to our recent slideshow of healthcare apps for the BlackBerry is a reliable indicator. This time, the pretty pictures come Cambridge
