What You Should Know:
– Fitbit, the leader in wearable technology, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a provider of diagnostic information services, announced the launch of the Wearables for Metabolic Health (WEAR-ME) pilot study.
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Behemoth lab test company Quest Diagnostics is partnering with Google’s Fitbit to study how wearable technologies can improve metabolic health. The pilot study, dubbed Wearables for Metabolic Health (WEAR-ME), will combine Fitbit’s behavioral and biometric…
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Researchers predict that AI will enhance the longer-term benefits of using wearables data, such as step tracking, either by directly providing health coaching or by analyzing wearables data to give human health coaches a…
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The following is a guest article by Huong Le Dieu, Lead Product Manager, BLabs at Baracoda
In the rapidly evolving world of healthcare, where demographic shifts and the prevalence of chronic diseases have placed immense…
Background: Patient-generated health data are important in the management of several diseases. Although there are limitations, information can be obtained using a wearable device and time-related information such as exercise time or sleep time…
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Wearable digital health technologies (DHTs) have become increasingly popular in recent years, enabling more capabilities to assess behaviors and physiology in free-living conditions. The All of Us Research Program (AoURP), a National Institutes of…
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In the second part of the two-part Heard at HLH series, executives from BrightInsight, Iodine Software, Intelligent Medical Objects, Carrum Health, Clarify Health and Trayt Health shared new developments across their businesses and perspectives…
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Google announced the launch of the next generation of its fitness wearable, Fitbit Charge 6, equipped with new features, including a more precise heart rate tracker, built-in YouTube Music controls and GPS capabilities, new…
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When children are discharged from the hospital after surgery, their caregivers often rely on subjective assessments (e.g., appetite, fatigue) to monitor postoperative recovery as objective assessment tools are scarce at home. Such imprecise and…
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Past studies on how blood glucose levels vary across the menstrual cycle have largely shown inconsistent results based on limited blood draws. In this study, 49 individuals wore a Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor…
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