by Northwestern University A health care worker places the wearable devices across a patient’s chest to capture sounds throughout the lungs that are associated with breathing. Credit: Northwestern University During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies—air moving in and out of the lungs, heart beats and even digested food...
by Andrew Faught, Washington University in St. Louis Credit: CC0 Public Domain Depression and anxiety are among the most common mental health disorders in the United States, but more than half of people struggling with the conditions are not diagnosed and treated. Hoping to find simple ways to detect such disorders, mental health professionals are considering...
By Paul McClure May 03, 2023 A new study has found that data passively collected by wearable devices such as the Apple Watch can be used to evaluate psychological well-being Depositphotos We all know that wearable devices can collect health-related data: the number of steps taken, floors climbed, calories burned, sleep time, and heart rate,...
By Chris Velazco April 10, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. ED(Barbara Malagoli for The Washington Post) After one fitful night, the chunky fitness watch I’ve been wearing for a few months delivered some bad news: I had only spent five minutes in rapid eye movement, or REM, sleepBarbara Malagoli/for The Washington Post (Barbara Malagoli/For The Washington...
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN If you become ill with COVID-19, your smartwatch can track the progression of your symptoms, and could even show how sick you become. That’s according to a University of Michigan study that examined the effects of COVID-19 with six factors derived from heart rate data. The same method could be used to...
Transistors connected with twisted electrodes maintain functionality even after being bent and washed over 1,000 times and can activate LED or detect electrocardiogram signals NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY With the wearable electronic device market having firmly established itself in the 21st century, active research is being conducted on electronic textiles,1 which are...
Image caption Developing new drugs to fight major diseases can take years and cost billions of dollars Technology of Business Has the time now come for internet voting? Facebook’s tentacles reach further than you think How Cuba’s growing internet is fuelling new businesses How DNA-testing kits are becoming big business Developing a drug from a promising...
