One of the standout features of Fitbits is their compatibility with both Android and iPhone devices, a feature that remained intact even after Google, the creator of Android, acquired Fitbit in 2021.

Fitbit hasn't seen new hardware since 2023 but the Google-owned brand has been on an update blitz recently, with the Fitbit ...

Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist and professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine, ...

Objectives To synthesise current evidence for the effects of exenatide and liraglutide on heart rate, blood pressure and body weight. Design Meta-analysis of available data from randomised controlled ...

Around 60 polyclinic patients will be involved in a pilot test in the coming months. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The study, which was conducted at the Department of Neurology, Inselspital, the University Hospital of Bern, analysed 4,170 individuals over an observation period of 13,217 person-years, found ...

Hearth Rate (HR) monitoring is increasingly performed in wrist-worn devices using low-cost photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors. However, Motion Artifacts (MAs) caused by movements of the subject’s arm ...

The 30-year rate’s low point this year was in early April when it briefly dipped to 6.62%. With the latest decline, the average rate is now back to where it was in mid-May, reflecting a recent ...

The Charge 6 could be one of the last devices to bear the Fitbit name. Launched in 2023, this high-end tracker sports a small AMOLED touchscreen and boasts impressive fitness-tracking chops.

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) is a kind of noncontact technique to measure heart rate (HR) from facial videos. As the demand for long-term health monitoring grows, rPPG attracts much attention ...

Read the Chief Medical Officer’s physical activity guidelines. You can measure your own heart rate (pulse) by placing two fingers on your wrist and counting the ‘pulses’ for a minute. A normal heart ...