Health Care Technology is Now in the Palm of Your Hands

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In the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016, in Las Vegas, the debut of the new health care technology is witnessed. This smartphone-enabled technology can examine, can diagnose, and can even treat many ailments and conditions.

According to Yahoo! News, this major theme in this year's CES has made consumers now take their healthcare management in the palm of their hands, by using the Bewel Connect health management suite. It is introduced by VisioMed, which is a health group based in France. It includes an app that can communicate with its connected blood pressure and glucose monitor, blood oxygen sensor, and thermometer.

"This is like a personal virtual checkup," according to Benjamin Pennequin, the research director of the group. The app also asks a series of questions if the user has chest pains or shortness of breath. It can deliver the potential diagnoses and allow the user to share the data taken with a doctor.

In line with the CES' theme with regard to health care, NeuroMetrix also debuts its Quell leg band that blocks pian signals to the brain, which is an alternative to drugs, especially for people who are suffering diabetes and other illnesses. And it currently received the approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Shai Gozani, founder of NeuroMetrix and a medical doctor who has a PhD in neurobiology, says that the device can trigger the brain to upgrade its pain modulation through its action as opioid receptors do but without taking drugs.

As The Business Times reports, the MedWand device, on the other hand, will allow users to measure oxygen levels, heart rate, and temperature. The device also includes a camera for the inner ear and throat so that the doctors can perform their examination online.

However, the company MedWand is still in its pre-approval stage for clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and it is expected to finish the process this year, its CEO and inventor Samir Qamar said. He also adds that is working with current telemedicine physicians, and they are hoping to sell the device in the U.S. and globally by June.

MSN.com has shown the MedWand device in a video, which explains how it works. It is also shown there that examinations can be done virtually.

People who are proficient with high technology introduce new ways in treating pain or taking techniques to diagnose ailments for decades now. They adapt these for smartphones and other connected wearables for consumers' convenience and health care monitoring.