
Using activity trackers to distinguish COVID-19 from flu
By analyzing Fitbit data and self-reported symptoms, researchers analyzed trends in heart rate, step count, and symptom duration between patients with flu and those with COVID-19.
By analyzing Fitbit data and self-reported symptoms, researchers analyzed trends in heart rate, step count, and symptom duration between patients with flu and those with COVID-19.
Wearable fitness trackers and step counters help people who are overweight/obese and/or who have weight-related health conditions to shed the pounds.
Researchers tested the efficacy of eight commercial sleep trackers. The result: you snooze, you lose – at least with with some of them.
Researchers at the WVU School of Medicine explored how a wearable device called WHOOP could be used to monitor pregnant women’s resting heart rate and heart rate variability.
Digital tracking of people with mental health conditions has the power to transform medical diagnostics and treatment, but its claims need careful scrutiny.
Researchers have developed a smartwatch app designed to alert users when their bodies show signs of fighting an infection, such as elevated heart rate.
A wearable electronic device that’s 'really wearable” - a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board - can heal itself, much like real skin.
Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but also gives rise to anxiety.
Researchers have developed a new form of electronics known as “drawn-on-skin electronics,” allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
Transforming how common health conditions are diagnosed using point-of-care and wearable bio diagnostic devices is the goal of a new University of South Australia project.
A research study seeks volunteers to provide data from smartphones, smartwatches and health surveys to help detect COVID-19.
Virtual reality video games, activity monitors, and handheld computer devices can help people stand as well as walk, the largest trial worldwide into the effects of digital devices in rehabilitation has found.
Researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.
Study using wearable trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk.
Researchers found that steps measured through wearable tracker can be used to estimate exercise capacity and determine the health status of patients.
Researchers have created a wearable technology that monitors brain activity and sends back data without benching a player or asking a trucker to pull over.
Researchers have have developed a multifaceted measuring technology that is able to detect a number of conditions in the human body.
Activity trackers might lead to better outcomes for hospital patients — when nurses wear them.
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all building technologies that have the potential to transform the delivery of care. Here are some examples of BigTech's road into healthcare.
Increasingly popular smart watches can be used to help clinicians identify early warning signs of mental health disorders and monitor the success of treatment.