wearables

Although many wearable devices aimed at older adults have features that detect signs of specific diseases such as Parkinson’s, new research shows that they could screen for more broad, chronic conditions...

The questionable accuracy of wearables and other digital tools screening for complex conditions such as heart disease has prevented these devices from being particularly helpful to date.

Do you yell at your Apple Watch? I do. All the time. Out loud.  This happens most often while hiking, when I’ve dutifully set the device to track my activity. I’ll be laboring up the trail, trekking...

Tracking daily movements with wearables may one day help predict dementia … Very short antibiotic course effective in pneumonia patients with normal oxygen levels … Cutting ultra-processed foods from...

Alterations seen in basal heart rate, heart rate response to physical activity, circadian variation in heart rate, autocorrelation of heart rate

Wrist-worn wearables and under-mattress sensors identified early signs of decline that regular staff checks didn’t pick up in nursing facility residents, according to a trial conducted by clinicians.

Lung cancer treatment should not be withheld for seniors aged 90+ … Poor hand hygiene may be biggest transmitter of superbug E.coli … Apple Watch electrocardiogram may help diagnose heart attack …...

Wearable glucose monitors could help cognitively impaired seniors manage diabetes … Study reveals what motivates seniors to use fitness trackers … Digital sepsis monitoring system shown to save lives...

Wearable devices that use machine learning can accurately detect and rate Parkinson’s disease tremors outside the clinical setting.

A location-monitoring bracelet developer has received an NIH grant to study whether its device can detect agitation in seniors with dementia.