Jessica Baron, Contributor

Life insurers in New York State can now use data from social media to set your premium rates and these rules could potentially extend beyond New York’s borders.

New research suggests that cardio is not just good for your body, but good for your brain as well.

Apple is currently in talks with private Medicare plan providers to come up with ways to subsidize their watches and get them onto the wrists of senior citizens. But who is looking out for their privacy and will this set a bad precedent for data sharing?

Here are some of the most pressing and bizarre new technologies that require our attention.

In what may come as a surprise to no one, researchers from NYU’s School of Medicine and its Perlmutter Cancer Center have found that it’s a bad idea to get your medical advice from YouTube.

Bioethicists from McGill University published a piece this week suggesting that some post-approval clinical trials may promote the use of ineffective and costly off-label drug prescription among physicians.

Wearables are already here to monitor your heart rate, breathing, and steps, but pretty soon your doctor might ask you to swallow a device to monitor what’s going on inside your body.

There are nearly a dozen neurostimulation devices on the market that claim to improve cognitive function by allowing you to zap your brain with a small electrical current. But just because you can now do this at home doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

The U.S. is still firmly in the grip of the opioid scourge. Technology is crucial to this complex and constantly morphing fight and new proposals should continue to be explored, but not without a close look at how they might do more harm than good.