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Apple pushes into sleep apnea detection but health care integration remain unclear
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple on Monday announced a new Apple Watch feature that will warn…
STAT+: Wearable devices generate powerful data but it’s not useful to doctors, yet
Just because the Food and Drug Administration has given the Apple Watch and other wearable…
Opinion: Digital devices can help clinicians prescribe physical activity
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for death. With most adolescents and one-quarter…
STAT+: The next frontier in data privacy? Your brain
Consumer neurotechnology is booming. You can buy a funky-looking headband for $500 on the internet…
STAT+: Apple removes pulse oximeter feature in Watches to comply with ban
Apple will remove the blood oxygen measurement feature from its Apple Watches, the company announced…
Opinion: Americans are obsessed with health and fitness tracking. It’s time for a data diet
Turn on your TV or open a web browser this January, and you’ll be bombarded…
STAT+: Apple Watches are back on sale while federal court reviews patent suit
Apple Watches are back on the market. In a last minute win for the company,…
Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data
For all their potential to drive changes in health, wearables have struggled to gain a…
STAT+: As digital health tech proliferates, a new institute aims to cut through hype
A new $50 million nonprofit initiative aims to independently evaluate health technologies’ impact on costs…
STAT+: Dexcom CEO on strategy for bringing continuous glucose monitoring to type 2 diabetes patients
For years, diabetes tech company Dexcom has been striving to get its continuous glucose monitors…
STAT+: Bellerophon Therapeutics trial fails despite innovative digital endpoint
In an important reminder that plugging digital tools into a clinical trial will not magically…
Nuance’s mysterious pricing, speedier digital health evidence reviews, and new breakthrough devices
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STAT+: Masimo’s CEO on battling Apple for the health wearable market
It’s been a chaotic three years for Masimo CEO Joe Kiani. First came the pandemic,…
STAT+: Apple Watch hit with import ban, but ruling remains suspended as AliveCor patent battle plays out
In the latest twist in a battle between Apple and medical device company AliveCor, the…
STAT+: Google and Fitbit launch new cloud tools to help hospitals use wearables
Google Cloud and Fitbit are rolling out a new offering they hope will ease some…
STAT+: Amazon health feature can accurately assess users’ mobility, study finds
As Amazon works to shoulder its way into health care, a new study — funded…
An ambitious stroke prevention study tests the Apple Watch’s promise in health
Currently, millions of people with an irregular heartbeat are told to take expensive blood thinners,…
With the help of a sticky, stretchy material, scientists design a continuous ultrasound system
It took hundreds of failed experiments, sticking gummy gels to all sorts of surfaces, for…
Wearables are collecting a flood of data. An ambitious new study of pregnancy aims to prove that’s valuable for health
When Stephen Friend left Apple in 2017 after a stint helping to jumpstart its health…
STAT+: Smartphone apps promised to help combat the pandemic. How well did they work?
When the pandemic hit, tech giants like Apple and Google as well as upstart technology…
Rune Labs’ Apple Watch tracking for Parkinson’s earns FDA greenlight
Software that enables Apple Watch-based tracking of Parkinson’s disease symptoms has received clearance from the…
Can wearables turn temperature into a pregnancy test?
Your smartwatch can ping you about an irregular heartbeat. Your phone can assess your fall…
Can Google’s Google Pixel Watch compete with Apple on health?
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A new, gel-based wearable can catch infections before the naked eye can
A team of researchers has designed a wearable sensor that, in preliminary testing, identified infections…
STAT+: Could wearable tech — and AI — change how we diagnose infants with conditions like cerebral palsy?
An unlikely team of engineers and mobility researchers has developed an experimental set of small,…
A new study points to the power of wearables to predict even presymptomatic infections, suggesting use one day against Covid-19
A new study that infected willing participants with common cold and flu viruses provides the…
STAT+: Digital health measures are gaining traction, but research on privacy and ethics is lagging
A catalyzing new review found virtually no research into ethics, security, and data rights of…
STAT+: Will breaking apart Google’s health bets give them a better shot at success?
Google is once again overhauling its ambitious health efforts. But this time around, some experts…
STAT+: As tech giants double down on sleep tracking, providers want more proof it’s useful
Wearable sleep tracking has been an alluring target for tech giants for nearly a decade….
With Apple’s backing, can an app help heart attack patients navigate recovery?
In July 2016, two cardiologists and a handful of computer scientists and developers rolled up…
With Amwell’s deal, the acquisition race heats up in telehealth
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STAT+: Apple provides narrow glimpse at research behind new walking steadiness feature
Apple is gearing up to release a new metric called Walking Steadiness aimed at preventing…
STAT+: If Apple takes aim at fall-prevention, will the rest of the health system hear it?
Using troves of data from iPhone users, Apple thinks it’s cracked an elusive problem: Identifying…
STAT+: The health tech tracker for the third quarter: 11 pivotal industry events to watch
The third quarter will answer crucial questions about the near-term future of digital health. Will…
STAT+: ‘It’s hard to know what’s trustworthy’: A new research effort aims to vet digital health data from wearables
Covid-19 upended the way clinical trials get done — and don’t get done. With in-person…
Apple announces new features to share health data with doctors, track trends over time
Apple is making it easier than ever for users to make the most of the…
STAT+: Verily’s new big hire, Amy Abernethy, on her plans to transform clinical trials — and bring in money
As personnel moves go, the hiring of Amy Abernethy by Verily is about as big…
STAT+: With $12 million in new funding, data-syncing platform Seqster takes aim at health records
If health tech challenges were mountains, patient medical records would be a kind of Everest,…
STAT+: Apple Watch research plows ahead, revealing the device’s health potential
Apple has marketed its Watch for years as a tool to monitor and improve your…
STAT Plus: Amazon debuts wrist wearable Halo, marking its entry into health tracking
Joining the ranks of other health tech giants, Amazon on Thursday debuted a wrist wearable…
STAT Plus: With Livongo’s arsenal of health devices, Teladoc is poised to move into remote monitoring
As part of its landmark $18.5 billion deal to buy Livongo, telehealth giant Teladoc Health…
Covid-19 apps and wearables are everywhere. Can they actually benefit patients?
With Covid-19 cases again climbing, health tech companies and researchers are renewing their pitch for…
Fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, remote heart monitoring could become tech’s next big target
It was a shift that began long before the pandemic: Tech companies, health providers, and…
STAT Plus: Taking a page from Apple, Fitbit launches a sweeping heart study
In a massive push to join Apple’s cardiac research ranks, Fitbit launched an ambitious study…