by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2018 | General News, Medical
The holy grail for some wearable developers is a non-invasive and reliable means of measuring blood glucose levels. Researchers are working on optical sensors and other systems to achieve this. In the meantime, an intermediate solution may be readily available....
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by Bruce Brown | September 29, 2017 | General News, Health
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a versatile and powerful biometric. Wearable health tech companies rushed to create HRV monitors in many form factors. We wrote about Emfit Limited’s Emfit QS that unrolls and claims to measure HRV accurately through your mattress while...
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by Bruce Brown | April 13, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
“It’s a candy mint. It’s a breath mint. It’s two, two, two mints in one.” Garmin’s Vivosmart 3 isn’t a mint. It can, however, be viewed in the same light as Certs mints in the late 60s television ads. We generally don’t...
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by Bruce Brown | November 28, 2016 | General News, Health
A little bit of stress can be good for us. Performance stress or stress in the face of perceived threats lead to action, sometimes even life-saving, by increasing the heart rate and breathing, tensing muscles, and improving blood flow to the brain. Our immune...
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by Bruce Brown | October 19, 2016 | General News, Health
Sleep monitoring can reveal much more information about our health and physical condition than we might suspect. A doctor’s typical questions, “How many hours do you sleep each night?” and “How often do you get up to go to the bathroom in the...
