By REBECCA ROBBINS @rebeccadrobbinsNOVEMBER 14, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — Apple (AAPL) on Thursday launched three observational studies — focused on mobility, menstruation, and hearing — that each aim to enroll hundreds of thousands of people and monitor them virtually using their own iPhones and Apple Watches. Amid rising concern about health data privacy, the tech...
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A short selfie video on your smartphone can now measure your blood pressure
Rich Haridy An exciting new technology, called transdermal optical imaging, can turn your smartphone into an accurate diagnostic device that can measure your blood pressure by analyzing a short video taken of your face. The University of Toronto-led research has demonstrated the system is 95 percent accurate and a smartphone app is already in development....
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Smartphone-based device measures mens’ fertility
A sample is gathered for analysis in the device Thanks to research being conducted at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, men may soon be able to perform full fertility tests in their own homes. Led by Manoj Kanakasabapathy and Hadi Shafiee, researchers at the hospitals are developing a smartphone-based optical...