Samsung just made a major leap in wearable health tech. The company’s research division unveiled two AI foundation models – xMAE and HiMAE – that can analyze biosignals like heart rate and sleep patterns directly on smartwatch hardware, no cloud required. Both models earned acceptance at top AI conferences ICML and ICLR, signaling Samsung’s push…

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein approved a $319 million plan Thursday to plug a funding gap for the state’s Medicaid program — a move that ensures continued healthcare for millions of North Carolinians. But Republicans and Democrats acknowledged that more work needs to be done to find a sustainable, long-term funding solution for a program…

A new study by researchers at UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente found that higher exposure to very small air pollution particles (PM2.5) over a 17-year span was associated with lower semantic memory. Semantic memory acts like the brain’s “encyclopedia” for things like facts, words and long-term general knowledge

I’ve spent the past few years tracking my sleep. I’ve used smart rings, watches, wristbands and even smart mattress covers. One thing that I learned early on is that most trackers don’t actively improve your sleep. They all give your sleep a score, but most of the time, you don’t even know what the score…

AARP published a piece on the warning signs of sleep apnea that quotes Beth Malow, MD, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt Sleep Division

SLEEP quality improved across five European populations following the COVID-19 pandemic, but long term tracking revealed that mental health, financial security, and lifestyle factors remained the strongest predictors of healthy sleep, highlighting new opportunities for population health monitoring and preventive care