Oncology & Cancer
Fingertip-sized sensors to prevent skin cancer
Between your morning commute, coffee break, playing with the kids, or mowing the lawn—how do you know when you've had too much sun?
Feb 14, 2019
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Medical research
Heart rate measurements of wearable monitors vary by activity, not skin color
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that while different wearable technologies, like smart watches and fitness trackers, can accurately measure heart rate across a variety of skin tones, the accuracy ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Health
Mobile technologies are ushering in a new kind of patient/physician partnership
A recent cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicts a human resource manager behind a desk, holding up a form and emphatically telling the person in front of him, "You can't list your iPhone as your primary physician!"
Oct 6, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Deploying machine learning to improve mental health
A machine-learning expert and a psychology researcher/clinician may seem an unlikely duo. But MIT's Rosalind Picard and Massachusetts General Hospital's Paola Pedrelli are united by the belief that artificial intelligence ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Wearable devices and mobile health technology—one step towards better health
With increasing efforts being made to address the current global obesity epidemic, wearable devices and mobile health ("mHealth") technology have emerged as promising tools for promoting physical activity. However, current ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Radiology & Imaging
New ultrasound patch can measure how full your bladder is, could be adapted for earlier diagnosis of cancers
MIT researchers have designed a wearable ultrasound monitor, in the form of a patch, that can image organs within the body without the need for an ultrasound operator or application of gel.
Nov 16, 2023
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Diabetes
'Bionic pancreas' could make life easier for people with type 1 diabetes
A new technology dubbed the "bionic pancreas" may beat standard treatment in helping people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, a clinical trial has found.
Sep 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can a Garmin watch help with COVID-19 detection? RTI is studying sailors to find out.
In March, when the pandemic was in its earliest days, COVID-19 was spreading like wildfire aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, a ship home to more than 4,000 Navy sailors.
Nov 11, 2020
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Medical research
First-of-their-kind wearables capture body sounds to continuously monitor health
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 progressing through the long gastrointestinal tract. ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Cardiology
Smart wrist-worn device can alert about dangerous health conditions
Although smart wristbands are popular fashion gadgets for monitoring heart rate and physical activity, they are usually not sophisticated enough to provide specific and accurate information about potential health problems ...
Mar 27, 2019
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