Five Fascinating Health Videos

We’ve scoured the web and found some amazing videos of innovators and visionaries sharing how they’re helping to change the face of healthcare and medicine. Enjoy! Michael Graves: Redesigning the Hospital Room You probably have heard of Michael Graves as...

CES 2013 Report from Medgadget Editor Scott Jung

At CES last week, Fitbit, Withings, Fitbug, BodyMedia, Basis, and FitLinxx were just a few of the companies that announced devices or new versions of current devices that count your steps, calories burned, and other fitness data.  Fitbit’s new One fitness...

Five TED Talks on Health That You Should Be Watching Now

We know you love watching TED Talks for the way they inspire innovation in less than 18 minutes. Here are five health-related TED Talks from this past year that you should be watching now. Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 more years of life – Diet,...

A Brief History of Health Technology

In the very broadest sense, the history of medical and health technology is anything but brief. In fact, it was recently confirmed that the world’s oldest prosthetic devices were Egyptian wooden and leather toes that dated back to as early as 950 BC! And, as a...

Inside AliveCor’s FDA Approval

Dr. Dave Albert is the Founder of AliveCor, makers of the iPhone ECG heart monitor who received $10.5M in Series B funding back in June from Khosla Ventures, among others.   What are some challenges AliveCor faced when preparing your FDA 510(k) application? Our 510(k)...