Browsing: Health Tech & Wearables

Flexible organic eutectogel transistors arranged in a complete thread-based circuit. The free-form circuits can easily conform to body contours to monitor health and movement. Photo: Wenxin Zeng

What new methods can be used for plants to monitor their health? This is what a recent study published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated using “wearable” technology for plants to monitor their health. This study has the potential to develop new technologies to monitor plant…

We’re all wearing Apple Watches, Oura Rings, and FitBits now. Are they doing us any good?

Wearable healthcare devices have never been more popular, but integrating their data into clinical workflows remains a challenge worldwide

“The leaf sensor is more of an early warning system showing how the plant is responding in the moment, before visible signs appear,” said Nafize Hossain. Photo: Courtesy of Nafize Hossain

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A 2026 survey of more than 2,200 physicians in the U.S. and five other developed nations by the AMA and Medscape shows that doctors are generally interested in wearables and how the data they collect can be used to help manage patient care. 

From smartwatches to wellness apps, health technology has become part of everyday life. Now, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is signalling a shift in how it plans to oversee some of these tools, particularly those that are low risk and not intended to diagnose or treat disease

Apple’s next rugged smartwatch may be getting leaner, but the more important changes could be happening beneath the surface

The evolution of wearable technology has been shaped by decades of innovation in health monitoring, sensor engineering, and data analysis. While wearable devices are often associated with modern fitness culture, their origins stretch back centuries