Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is it OK to exercise when you're sick?
If you are sick and plan to exercise this cold and flu season, experts say to use your head—and recognize the body's warnings signs.
Jan 13, 2021
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News tagged with fitness trackers
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could a smartwatch identify an infection before you start spreading it?
A pre-print study using data from medical wristbands suggests that evidence of disrupted sleep could predict when study participants were coming down with the flu—24 hours before they became contagious.
Apr 08, 2020
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Health
How many steps per day to lengthen your life?
(HealthDay)—For years, health experts have urged us to get off the couch and get moving. Now a new U.S. government study shows how much we stand to gain.
Mar 24, 2020
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Navigating the potential pitfalls of tracking college athletes
Fitness trackers like Fitbit and Garmin watches make it easy for anyone to collect data about health and performance.
Mar 02, 2020
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Health
Wearable trackers estimate fitness levels without high-intensity exercise
Researchers have developed a method to estimate cardiorespiratory fitness levels that could be applied to data captured by wearable fitness trackers during activities of daily life. This could facilitate testing for those ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Why fitness trackers may not give you all the 'credit' you hoped for
January is a time when many people make resolutions—and then break them. Almost 60% of Americans will resolve to exercise more, but fewer than 10% will stick with their resolution. A key to keeping resolutions is ensuring ...
Jan 15, 2020
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How to stay fit when you're traveling for work or fun
(HealthDay)—If you travel a lot for business or pleasure, you may think that the most exercise possible is lugging your bags in and out of a car or through an airport. But it's important to get in real exercise even when ...
Dec 24, 2019
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Fitness trackers and eating disorders – is there a link?
Fitness and health tracking devices are becoming increasingly popular and a huge variety of wearable tech and apps now exist. Indeed, many smartphones and smart watches now come primed and ready to track our activity, sleep ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Your circle of friends, not your Fitbit, is more predictive of your health
Wearable fitness trackers have made it all too easy for us to make assumptions about our health. We may look to our heart rate to determine whether we really felt the stress of that presentation at work this morning, or think ...
Jun 17, 2019
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'Apple Watch or it doesn't count': How tech addiction might be ruining your workout
Brittany McCrary, 29, bought an Apple Watch Series 3 in 2018 solely for its fitness tracking functions.
May 16, 2019
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