Health
7,500 daily steps before surgery and complication risks plummet
Getting a certain number of steps each day can help people improve their fitness, but new research shows it also can pay off in the operating room.
Oct 25, 2023
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Surgery
Wearable technology assesses surgeons' posture during surgery
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Arizona led a study that can help surgeons obtain biofeedback of their posture during long surgical procedures. Ultimately, the aim is to reduce ...
Apr 19, 2024
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Cardiology
Novel algorithm on wearable devices can detect irregular heartbeat, may prompt early care
A novel software algorithm compatible with a wide range of smartwatches and fitness trackers detected irregular heart rhythms and accurately identified undiagnosed atrial fibrillation 98 percent of the time, according to ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Creating an early alert system for COVID-19
To better understand early signs of coronavirus and the virus' spread, physicians around the country and data scientists at UC San Diego are working together to use a wearable device to monitor more than 12,000 people, including ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 physiological impacts vary by sex, wearable technology reveals
Males and females have differential physiological responses to COVID-19 infections, with males having larger increases in skin temperature, breathing rate and heart rate during an acute infection. That is the conclusion of ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smartwatches can help guide COVID-19 testing
Researchers at Duke University have developed a way to use data collected from wearable devices like smartwatches to identify people with possible COVID-19 infections.
Oct 11, 2022
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Surgery
Patient-reported outcomes and wearable data predict postop adverse events
Postoperative monitoring of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and a wearable device is feasible and showed moderate ability to discriminate between the days the patients experienced postoperative adverse events and those they ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Health
Researchers to use wearable device to measure resident wellness, prevent burnout
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine are conducting a study to determine if a wearable device can measure wellness and predict burnout among resident physicians. The results from the clinical trial could be used ...
Sep 18, 2020
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Health
Are fitness watches motivating users to stick to fitness goals? Here's what the research says
For many years, wearable fitness trackers, also called activity trackers or fitness watches, have ranked among the hottest holiday gifts. And as the new year arrives, consumers make resolutions to get fit by using the devices ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Health informatics
Flexible AI computer chips promise wearable health monitors that protect privacy
My colleagues and I have developed a flexible, stretchable electronic device that runs machine-learning algorithms to continuously collect and analyze health data directly on the body. The skinlike sticker, developed in ...
Nov 17, 2022
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