All in the wrist: Smartwatches note COVID symptoms, says study
Smartwatches may be able to indicate COVID-19 symptoms before testing, researchers claim.
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Smartwatches may be able to indicate COVID-19 symptoms before testing, researchers claim.
A look at promising treatments for COVID-19 Fitness trackers turned COVID trackers Mount Sinai's "Warrior Watch Study" is ongoing. Other researchers have also found benefits in so-called wearables like the Apple Watch, Fitbit and other fitness trackers. Nature Biomedical Engineering found that smartwatch data can help detect COVID-19 before it's diagnosed through a test. The researchers from Stanford University looked at factors including heart rate, number of daily steps or time asleep. Retrospectively, they found for example that "63% of the COVID-19 cases could have been detected before s...
Reddit raises more funding, Shopify expands payments to Facebook and a study suggests that the Apple Watch might be able to predict COVID diagnoses. This is your Daily Crunch for February 9, 2021. The big story: Reddit raises $250M This latest funding announcement comes after Reddit has returned to the headlines, with the WallStreetBets subreddit […]