wearable devices

Are Smartphones Getting Better At Tracking Health?

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Are Smartphones Getting Better At Tracking Health? The study found that phones, either running the Moves app, Fitbit app, or the Health Mate app, were as accurate as the dedicated step tracking hardware, and most of the trackers were within 10 percent of each other — except for the now almost-discontinued Nike Fuelband, which recorded

How Have Fitness Trackers Affected Health Care?

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How Have Fitness Trackers Affected Health Care? Wearables are small electronic devices that, when placed on your body, can help measure temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen, breathing rate, sound, GPS location, elevation, physical movement, changes in direction, and the electrical activity of the heart, muscles, brain, and skin. Are smartwatches harmful for health? Smartwatches and