How Tracking Your Health Metrics Can Help You Live Longer

Zahi Fayad is leading a Digital Twins study investigating how our health data can be put to better use to help us live healthier.
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Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices

Engineers are in the early stages of harnessing Wi-Fi as a way to monitor heart rates, but don't expect to use your home router anytime soon.

To treat a common bladder condition, Medtronic implant goes under the skin near the ankle

The Minnesota medtech company’s Altaviva implant just secured FDA approval. It treats urinary urge incontinence, a stigmatized condition, by gently stimulating a nerve inside the ankle.
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How Wi-Fi Signals Can Be Used to Detect Your Heartbeat

Wi-Fi signals today primarily transmit data. But these signals can also be used for other innovative purposes. For instance, one California-based team has proposed using ambient Wi-Fi signals to ...

Samsung is prepping Galaxy Watches to help predict imminent heart failure

Samsung’s health ambitions are about to take another big step forward. The company announced in an official news post that Galaxy Watches will soon gain the ability to detect Left Ventricular Systolic ...