Crowdfunded Pocket Device Alleged Determines Risk for Stroke and Sudden Cardiac Arrest | ScienceRoll

Mobile  health and remote monitoring devices continue to grow exponentially. Developers often use kickstarting and crowdfunding applications found on social media and other internet websites.



Innovative and market driven claims out accelereate scientific and evidence based data and leave potential users at risk in regard to the clsims of the developers.  In this area "caveat emptor".



#mHealth attracts much hype and unproven solutions surrounding documentation of vital signs such as blood pressure,, pulse, blood oxygen levels, blood glucose levels and more. There are many devices proposed to measure and report other blood levels, such as cholesterol, electrolytes and more.



One such device is the WIWE, being developed in Hungary.



The WIWE pocket device can determine the risk for stroke and sudden cardiac death by doing an ECG analysis and using a smart algorithm, among others. They are currently running a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. There is no transparency regarding the algorithm, nor mention of the other factors which increase risk of stroke, such as family history, activity





Crowdfunded Pocket Device Determines Risk for Stroke and Sudden Cardiac Arrest | ScienceRoll

Shallow Water Blackout Prevention

Dartmouth Swim Team Member Drowns During Endurance Training

Children and adolescents enjoy playing games and challenging one another when swimming. Who can go the fastest, who can go the farthest, and who can hold their breath the longest. Can you swim the length of the pool and back without coming  up?

Late Secondary Drowing Can Occur in Children

Most people think that these are relatively harmless,however breath holding can be very dangerous,and rarely fatal.  Michael Phelps (the Olympic Gold Medallist discusses this in the video, as well as CNN's Sanjay Gupta.

The article was written by a physician whose son perished from a shallow water blackout. Some previously mysterious drownings may have occured while lone swimmers were in a pool.  ALWAYS HAVE A BUDDY SWIMMER !

Brochure, Shallow Water Blackout (download)

THE FACTS ABOUT SHALLOW
WATER BLACKOUT (SWB)

• Underwater breath-holding and underwater
swimming have been proudly practiced for
decades. 
• Coaches and military trainers teach hypoxic
training and breath-holding, which can be deadly.
• Lifeguards and parents routinely accept and
admire breath-holding drills conducted in
swimming pools.
• Freedivers and spearfishermen, not safetytrained,
practice hyperventilation routinely.
• Internet sites promote and encourage breathholding
contests, games, and records.
• Because of their false sense of safety,pbut SWB alsooccurs in any body of water.
• Hypoxic training, breath-holding, and underwaterswimming lead to drowning and sudden deaths
 that are disregarded and often misdiagnosed as traditional accidental drowning.
• SWB is not well known because when Coroners rule “drowning” it masks the real problem:
 hyperventilation combined with competitive, repetitive breath-holding.
• Cause of death may be ruled drowning with water in the lungs, but the lungs may also be dry from
  laryngospasm and asphyxiation.
• Intentional hyperventilation does not have to occur for SWB to happen. 
• SWB often precipitates other unknown and
  underlying medical causes like Long Q-T, RyR2,seizures, etc.
• The best of swimmers CAN succumb to SWB.
• The ARC, YMCA and USA Swimming now ban hypoxic training and prolonged underwater
 swimming although far too many still practice it.

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Shallow Water Blackout Prevention

Telemedicine Platforms Review

This is a special edition of Digital Health Space

This post is a  one stop and shop link for physicians and others to evaluate current telemedicine solutions. It may or may not be complete. Feel free to contact us for further information.

Telemedicine Platforms Review

Doxy.me  (requires no download...web based)

Online Doctor Consultation Services

A key feature in all of these televideo programs is an API for iPhone or Android smartphones.

All of the above tele services are hosted on the Vsee.com platform.  It is HIPAA compliant. Each service offers different levels of service, chat,audio,video. Some components and accessory attachments are available at extra cost from other vendors, such as cardioscopes, otolaryngology instruments, retinal cameras, macrolens for dermatology lesions, etc. 

Mobile health and telemedicine products are in rapid development and availability changes monthly.  Check back with us for a monthly update. 

Check with your local jurisdiction (State Medical Board) for the most recent rulings on the use of telemedicine. Health Payers are also releasing notifications regarding telehealth reimbursement  procedures.

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